A fictional commentary on the parallel nature of history, Centrum by M. Daniel Elman turns the clock back over sixty years to the turmoil of World War II. Elman, who wrote the novel as a student in Switzerland and Belgium during the 1950s, came back to the manuscript fifty years later as the similarities of international war, terrorism, and insurgency mounted in the present day.
Centrum's purpose is to reveal the undercurrent of humanity that binds all people together. It takes its title from an excerpted quote by one of the novel's three main characters: a Flemish girl, a French boy, and an American student. Pointing out the centrifugal forces of war on the younger generation, it illustrates "the cyclical history of Mankind" and then reveals a microcosm of the effects by delving into the lives of individuals.
Based on Elman's actual experiences in postwar Europe and the following unrest in Belgium, France, and North Africa, and tempered by half a century of global observation, Centrum is written with immediacy, a weighty and profound story offering a valuable perspective in the midst of the always shortsighted present.
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About the Author
Canadian M. Daniel Elman has lived an eclectic life; among other things, he studied science, psychology, and philosophy, owned a motion picture distributing company, has driven trucks, and currently is an IT consultant and instructor of software applications for a number of major corporations. In addition to writing Centrum, his first novel, he is the author of 32 computer literacy manuals and a book of prose. A proud father and grandfather, he lives in Canada with his wife, Anne.
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