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PREFACE
Ceremonies is an unusual work. Be prepared.
Ceremonies is not a conventional novel. It is a sort of diary, a Pillow Book: a collection of scenes, stories, observations, lists and descriptions. The entries are numbered, titled and organized into sections. The reader may want to ignore the numbers and titles and just read the text. The numbers and titles are a structural and rhythmic device.
The book tells the story of the sexual life of Sam, a painter. It takes place in Charlevoix, DeKalb, travel, Carmel, Columbia, New York City, Paris, and travel again.
Ceremonies describes sex frankly, as a part of relationships, rather than pretending it does not exist.
The book explores the rituals that men and women practice with each other.
S.G.
ABOUT S. GRAY
S. Gray is the pen name of a painter and writer currently living in New York City. (Or he wishes he still lived in New York City!)