Glimpses of the Moon

A young woman lies in critical condition in a Bronx hospital the victim of an assault. As her crisis looms her boyfriend spends a frantic weekend wandering through New York City trying to come to grips with the disaster his mind filled with thoughts of her as well as reflections on his past life.<P>Set in the 60s and using flashbacks and a variety of interior-monologue techniques the novel chronicles through layers of memory and the narrator's shifting consciousness his stark realization that in a world where everything he most values can be snatched away in an instant his previous understanding is not enough to sustain him through the ordeal he suddenly confronts. Only a spiritual journey within can bring him to a more vital and encompassing view of reality.<p>