Love At Ground Zero: A Novel [Paperback]

Charles Deemer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 17, 2004

Love At Ground Zero is the multicultural love story of Wes and Hayaam, set against the backdrop of 9/11 and its aftermath.

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About the Author

Playwright, screenwriter, fiction writer, teacher. Writing faculty, Portland State University, Writers on the Net.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Three Moons Media (February 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097474400X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974744001
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,456,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles Deemer is the editor of Oregon Literary Review and the artistic director of Small Screen Video.

His book Seven Plays was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. His novel Dead Body In A Small Room was a finalist for Foreword Magazine's Mystery of the Year award. Three of his stories were selected to the Roll of Honor in Best American Short Stories. His play "Famililly" won the 1997 Crossing Borders international new play competition.

His other books include Kerouac's Scroll (novel), Love At Ground Zero (novel), Movies They Should Have Made (screenplays), The Man Who Shot Elvis and Other Stories and In My Old Age (poems).

Deemer recently began making digital films. His DVDs include Three Short Digital Films, Deconstructing Sally and The Farewell Wake.

Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He Does It Again, June 3, 2004

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John David Nugent (Erwin, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love At Ground Zero: A Novel (Paperback)

In Love At Ground Zero, novelist, playwright, and teacher Charles Deemer presents a haunting story in the style of Romeo and Juliet about the love between an American boy and an Indonesian Muslim girl during the aftermath of the World Trade Center destruction.

Deemer puts the tale in present tense, occassionally passing cynical asides directed at the reader, making the novel not only a well-written narrative, but a challenging interactive experience.

One not only feels for the star-crossed protagonists, but also sees himself and his prejudices as the families regard one another with fear in light of present situations.

This is a novel which requires a second reading before an analysis can be made. As a rule, Deemer writes deep, moving, complex fiction which challenges the reader to think about himself and his own place in this changing world rather than the escapist shallow stories which purvade (sp?) Popular fiction today.

However, this novel deserves that second reading. And a third. And a fourth.

Definitely something which belongs in classrooms in later years.