From Ansbach to Color
There
are ways to touch her, the best ways, the appropriate ways. Carmicheal
knows it too. There are ways to climb the stairs, the quiet ways, the
stealthy ways, stepping on the outside of each rise in elevation, the
stairs. This way, there are no creaks as he climbs to Aisling’s bedroom
on the second floor landing. This way, they do not wake the sleeping
Merchant Marine.From Ansbach to Color is a
novel of firsts. Carmicheal is a recently orphaned seventeen year old
American boy. Through clever paperwork, he gets to pass his last year of
childhood as an exchange student in the small town of Ansbach, Germany.
It’s his first time outside of his hometown, his country. Once in
Germany, nearly every experience is the first: the first time making
love, the first drunk, the first breath after the loss of his mother.
The episodic and lyrical ride of From Ansbach to Color moves over
borders and time, from Balla the Futurist to Batman the Superhero right
back to the view outside the window where the town below is up to secret
things like daily life.235 Pages. 48,000 Words.