This month I’m posting excerpts from earlier drafts of Jellyfish Have Eyes that feature the relationships between Ricardo Stzein and other key characters in the novel. The last two sentences of this excerpt are the most impactful. In a completely fictional, partly cynical way they capture a major theme of the book supporting basic research. It [...]
Jellyfish Have Eyes by Joram Piatigorsky. Fiction. Piatigorsky’s debut novel is a suspenseful thriller mixing the biological sciences – research into the surprisingly fascinating world of jellyfish eyes – and politics.
Crepe Myrtle Such a beautiful fall, and it’s all about colors. Just look at the crepe myrtle tree in my front lawn! It shimmers because of color. I went back through a multitude of photos from my travels, and what jumps out, more than scenery, more than tourist attractions? Colors! Why are [...]
I went to the Silver Diner in Federal Plaza on Saturday to grab a quick lunch and was overcome with nostalgia thinking of Ricardo and Benjamin who ate there often. The last time Ricardo was a lonely widower and Benjamin told him about his experiments on cactus that ultimately led to cactein in my novel [...]
