PHILIPSBURG, PA (MMD Newswire) September 30, 2009 -- Symphonie Fantastique, a new collection of fiction by Mark Seinfelt, shares with its readers four short novels, two short stories and an essay that are written around the common theme of the paranormal and a haunted protagonist.
Seinfelt was inspired by French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz who, according to Seinfelt, is best known for his composition "Symphonie Fantastique" and believed in the necessity of tying a musical composition to a literary idea. The author explains how this musical inspiration is evident in not only the title of his collection, but also in the individual chapters- "At Last the Distinguished Thing", "Steiglitz's Folly", "The Mozart Machine", "Intrusive Voices" and "Wagnerian Elements in Thomas Mann's Joseph Tetralogy."
As a student of writer and poet Paul West and American novelist William H. Gass, Seinfelt claims his stories were influenced by their works and introduces multi-faceted characters that span the 20th century. From an elderly Henry James doubting his life's work to an agoraphobiac haunted by his dead father while watching the Gulf War coverage on his television, all of Symphonie Fantastique's characters are haunted by dark secrets that transform their lives.
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About the Author
Mark Seinfelt is the author of the nonfiction study Final Drafts: Suicides of World-Famous Authors and the novel Henry Boulanger of Mushannon Town. He received the Henry Sams Memorial Award from Pennsylvania State University in 1983. In 2004, Final Drafts was chosen as an alternate selection for The Readers' Subscription Book club. In 2008, Henry Boulanger of Mushannon Town was selected as a semifinalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. He lives in Philipsburg, Pa.
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Email: msein85@hotmail.com
Phone: (814) 342-2325
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