"Dying is very relaxing," we learn in Notes Going Underground. One character attends his own funeral to hear unexpected praise from unforeseen sources. Another makes a mistake; he attends the wrong funeral. A third meets her father for the first time before he tries to cross the “No Trespassing law of Nature.” “Dead and alive [...]
“Bravo…a masterful storyteller that makes me feel under a spell…the stories emerge irresistibly as gems because the thoughts and writing are so exquisite…on the cusp of greatness.” Anthony Pitch, author of They Have Killed Papa Dead and other books.
“Piatigorsky delivers a riveting book [Notes Going Underground] about death that’s alive with brilliant prose and pathos. We’ll all get there in time, but Piatigorsky illuminates the ultimate journey with special meaning.” Neal P. Gillen, author of Rendezvous in Rockefeller and other books and short stories.
“This extraordinary work of imagination, a series of thought experiments, literally turns death upside down, into a prism of life. In these stories ripe with complexity and character, Piatigorsky explores the borderline of relationships facing the ultimate breaking point, mixing the profound with the simple and always finding the most human element. A pleasure [...]
Joram Piatigorsky once again delivers on a promise made in his past work, offering both depth and astounding insight into human nature. Where his previous work focused more on love and yearning, Notes Going Underground takes us into much darker alleyways, those that meander through the vast shadowy landscape between life and death. While this [...]