The Chimera of Prague

Whether you lived there just visited or have been dreaming about Prague this book will immerse you in just what it is that has captivated generations.Diving into the brokenness in himself divorced twenty-something American expat Joseph allows us into his delicate dysfunction as he explores the magical mystical quirky city of Prague chasing women and trying to understand his failed marriage.Joseph Przbylski Jr. is six feet tall with a shock of inky black hair. In his signature tortoise-shell spectacles hes contemplative athletic and lost. Freshly divorced he quits his corporate job at a bank in Manhattan to spend some time abroad and find himself. He calls it a gap year a term reserved for kids between high school and college or college graduates about to start their adult lives. For Joseph its a gap between his devastating divorce and his uncertain future.In his increasing loneliness living in this magically romantic city Joseph obsesses over a waitress. If it werent for the parade of distracting women he might have a shot with Karina the tall slender Czech model-wanna-be. He keeps a journal and finds himself digging through fragments of memory to try and discover where things first went wrong in love. He starts at the end the scene where he and his high school girlfriend go off in opposite directions to college. He progresses backward through their poignant mostly-innocent romance to their first kiss creating a tumultuous rendering of love lost The story-within-the-story is an ode to his home in Western New York. It is riddled with a barrage of 80s pop culture references.But the real love story here is between Joseph and his adopted city Prague. Before he can find the relationship he craves Joseph may need to unearth a way to love himself again.