The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch

Konrad Ventana's <i>The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch</i> is positively Post-Lux- post-modern post-enlightenment drama that exposes the pathos of creativity-a moveable feast for anyone who loves Hollywood stories and film noir.<p><i>The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch</i> is a treatise on existentialism modernism and the emergence of nouveau feminism. Set in Hollywood Neo-noir and guided by an intrepid philosophical counselor (life coach) the reader investigates The Lost Love of the Latest Tycoon examining the role of the muse the magnificent intemperate impulses of the femme fatale and the allure of the casting couch while witnessing the fall of an empire in the twilight of the egoists.<p>The author an American Scientist and Visionary provides a unique view of the creative process and its varied sources. Using the pseudonym Konrad Ventana literally 'Bold Counsel through a Window' the author looks behind the scenes at the ideologies of our modern times and examines the potential for future development.