Orphe is a present-day tale based on an early legend about the Greek demigod Orpheus: part creation myth, part relentless pursuit, part erotic adventure. It takes place across two continents and along two rivers, the Usumacinta between Mexico and Guatemala, and the Amazon from Peru to Brazil. It is an Oedipal love story, and a story of vengeance, with a mysteriously beautiful woman at its center and two men, one older and one younger, who attempt to possess her.
Orphe is a present-day tale based on an early legend about the Greek demigod Orpheus: part creation myth, part relentless pursuit, part erotic adventure. It takes place across two continents and along two rivers, the Usumacinta between Mexico and Guatemala, and the Amazon from Peru to Brazil. It is an Oedipal love story, and a story of vengeance, with a mysteriously beautiful woman at its center and two men, one older and one younger, who attempt to possess her.
D.N. Stuefloten has spent his life wandering around the world writing stories and novels. He has been a smuggler in Bombay, a black market money-changer in Ceylon, a fisherman in the South Seas, a dress designer in California, and a magician's assistant in Africa. He was smuggled into Borneo by Moro pirates and has lived clandestinely in the Mayan ruins of Guatamala and Mexico. His novels reflect his attempt to describe the surreal, mysterious world he has experienced. Four of his books have been published by Fiction Collective Two, and his stories have appeared in literary magazines in the U.S., Australia, and England. Orphe is his fourth novel, and was written after spending years wandering through Central and South America, traveling by motorcycle, bus, train, canoe, and hitch-hiking. He has been experimenting with computer/internet art for several years; more about Orphe and his other work can be seen at www.dnstuefloten.com. He recently created an illustrated novel and movie, HAG; more information is available at www.hagmovie.com. His new novel and movie, Evidence of a Lost City, currently in progress, can be explored at www.evidenceofalostcity.com. He resides in Southern California with his wife, the Mexican poet and mosaic artist Jacqueline Lizarraga de Stuefloten.
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