Roman Payne is an English-language literary novelist who is living in Paris, France where he settled ten years ago. He was born in Seattle, USA. A life of travel and time spent living in various cities and countries inspire his novels, which tend to focus on the quests of individuals who overcome trials to attain heroic status.
Published Books
Cities & Countries
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Fiction/Literature; 324 pages: "'Cities & Countries' is a book about travel, about searching and wandering, about finding greatness in the midst of the world." Strange adventures meet Alexis when he wanders far from his familiar home in a quest to become a man of the world. What begins as a search for the 'Great City,' leads to a wayward and whimsical jaunt through various cities and countries, far and wide. Along the way, he meets soldiers and hunchbacks, criminals and revolutionaries, madmen and fishermen, charlatans, fanatical holy men and the beautiful daughters of aristocrats. He encounters glory, suffers poverty and loss. Friends and lovers come and go, while youth gives way to wisdom and experience. Payne speaks to us in his unique timeless tone, mixing mythology, realism and allegory to create a stage for an extraordinary drama that blends comedy, tragedy, gritty prose and magical poetry in an exploration of joy and sorrow, hope and despair." | ModeRoom Press (January 4, 2007)
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