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Book offers new look at New York romanceby: Sandra Pianin
If you are a person who loves movies, this is definitely a book for you. Valerie Block tries to answer the ultimate question about movies: do movies satiate you or do they bring up things you would rather not think about? When Diane Kurasik's life begins to take on all the facets of a 1970's comedy film, she begins to worry. She is a mature single woman who is the director of a New York Greenwich Village movie revival house. At nearly 40, she has watched everyone she knows move on with their lives. Yet, she feels stuck in the same mold. She feels that she is missing something but cannot grasp exactly what that something is. Into Diane's life comes Vladimir Hurtado Padron, a resettled gentleman from Cuba whose wife will not grant him a divorce. Sure, Diane falls for Vladmir. But, she acknowledges he will play a "minor" role in her life. Suddenly, Diane receives an eviction notice. As she stays with relatives and friends, Diane is subject to their far-from-perfect apartments as well as their advice about her life predicament. Diane's passion for Vladmir is dwindling when she meets a mysterious friend from Vladmir's past! Don't Make A Scene is certainly a New-York-type of book but from another perspective. It will certainly counter those images you may retain from Sex in the City and add some new vitality to the men and women who populate one of the more artistic places in the U.S., Greenwich Village |
