The unveiling of a new work of art by Jacob Marsteller is typically one of the most highly-anticipated events in the international art scene--but not this time. Jacob's new piece is a labyrinth of gossamer fabric perched on the peak of a mountain called Entrevoir in a remote corner of the south of France, and it looks as if nobody except Jacob's teenage children and a few neighbors from the village will bother to show up.
As Jacob finishes dressing for the party, he and his wife Marya begin to argue. She warned him that moving from the vibrant art scene of New York to a tiny village in the middle of nowhere would be a fatal mistake for his career. As she turns her back to him and walks down the stairs, Jacob tells her there was a reason he had to come here to create this piece--and that's when Jacob's whole world begins to unravel.
Without realizing what is happening, he is lifted out of his body and taken to another dimension, where he becomes the watcher, the witness and experiencer of lives he lived six decades ago and thousands of years ago, on other planets and as the highest forms of life. In the span of one instant and over the course of millions of years, Jacob comes to understand that he is not his body, he is not his mind... he is not even his soul. By the end of the amazing unveiling of Jacob's true Self, he will experience the greatest transfiguration any human being has ever known: the realization of the ultimate nature of human life, and of Spirit itself.
Reviews
"Reading is the wrong verb to describe coming into the presence of the words of Chris Katsaropoulos on the pages of his new novel Entrevoir. Stepping into his creation of pages is an experience the likes of which we rarely encounter. He ignites a quiet flame of an idea, protects it with story - touching real credible situational details - and pulls his palms away from the fragile flicker to let the themes and melodies and images and flights of thought to disambiguate as he accompanies us on an enlightening journey of philosophy."
"Like all of Katsaropoulos' works, this new book thrusts us into thought patterns that blaze trails of original ideas, not lectured, not pontificated, but bathing us with ideas of the meaning of being few of us have explored so intensely."
"The journey to which we are invited is sculpted with mythology, astrology, philosophy, the implosion of the universe, music, art, transcendental variations, brushes with existentialism - every path toward discovering the meaning of life, and being - and ultimately Light."
"Like the at times enigmatic William Blake, Katsaropoulos has mastered his craft and elevates our mind, our spirit, our thirst for meaning that is so often pushed aside in contemporary literature. An exceptionally fine work, and highly recommended."
--Grady Harp, Poet - War Songs, Critic - Literary Aficionado, Art Historian - The Art of Man, Vitruvian Lens and PoetsArtists, Writer for art museum catalogues
"Katsaropoulos' three previous novels have been widely praised for the author's elegant prose style and forays into rarefied metaphysical territory most fiction writers avoid. Katsaropoulos' fanciful, mystical story line may not suit everyone's tastes, but readers with a yen for offbeat spiritual literature will feel richly rewarded here."
--Carly Hays, Booklist
"A work as conceptual as the protagonist's art... Jacob wrestles with ideas of selfhood amidst luxurious descriptions of transcendental states. He walks the fine line of self-indulgence and conceptual enlightenment, shedding all boundaries between separate selves that he criticizes and grapples with."
--Natasha Gilmore, Foreword Reviews
"Entrevoir has an excellent message and really opens your mind to what is out there and life as a whole. I could describe to you for ages, but it is definitely one that needs to be read by you, so you can feel the author's story as well."
--Bri Wignall, naturalbri.com
"Reading Entrevoir is like opening the gates of purgatory and the universe all at once. The title I think is perfect... Thought-provoking is only one way to describe the universe that unfolds within its pages."
--Naomi Leadbeater, naimeless.wordpress.com
"For me, Entrevoir was confusing and made sense all at the same time - it was a delicious read that lit the darkest corners of my mind, had (at least it felt like it) every synapse firing, was overwhelming and serene... all at ONCE."
--Marie Kuhlman, my3piecesandcompany.blogspot.com
"Chris brings us along on a journey with successful artist Jacob. Many artists see their work as a personal journey, one that is enlightening, and Jacob is no exception. Except, for Jacob, his journey goes above and beyond what one would expect."
--Rachel Rennie, rachelrennie.weebly.com
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