Wild Mushrooms

“Do many young boys meet hermits in the forest and trade mushrooms for wisdom? Set amid the primeval forests of Eastern Poland the avant-garde enclaves of Greenwich Village and the long summer days of the San Juan Islands Wild Mushrooms is the story of one mans life an artist called Eliasz Ilyusha and Elias at different points in his timeline. The narrative meanders fluidly between visions of the past--a small boys first memories of encountering the faith of his Russian grandmother--the obsessions and malignant thoughts which threaten to destroy a young mans life and the moment of personal theophany that brings an old man hope amid sorrow. Beauty evil worship and hatred--monsters dragons and hermits in the woods--Wild Mushrooms is a journey of the mind and the soul of decisive moments and the insanity of true wisdom.“