The territory, as it appeared to Pascal, bore small resemblance to the map. Because it was impossible to see beyond one or two paces into the forest that surrounded the station clearing, it mattered little whether civilization was one kilometer away or one thousand.
'One of the finest prose stylists in American fiction' New York Times
Daniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels
The Piano Tuner and
The Winter Soldier. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and adapted for opera and theatre.
A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.