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    Something Else Again

    By Kim Matics

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    The Odyssey Trilogy, as its name implies, comprises a long journey full of experiences. The main protagonist, Arden Catlin, an art dealer and co-owner of an Art Gallery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, spends extended quality time in Japan (three weeks), Thailand (two weeks) and France (three weeks), and by doing so, learns a great deal about himself and his father, whose footsteps he follows on this once-in-a-lifetime trip.

    Something Else Again set in France is the companion piece of Revolving Doors that took place in Thailand. It rounds out the trilogy that began with Behind the Folding Fan focusing on Old and New Japan.

    The final part of the trilogy concentrates on Arden, still haunted by personal loss and existential loneliness. Something Else Again pulls together major themes and motifs of his internal and external explorations. Principal characters encountered at previous destinations are linked with new acquaintances met in Europe. The novel describes how Arden embarks on further investigations into his past by visiting specific places throughout France. Via a circuitous route he manages to resolve a number of issues that bothered him for decades. They stymied his ever-changing present and prevented him from moving ahead in the future.

    The Odyssey Trilogy concerning one individual’s extended travels in three diverse countries relates to how the actual experience of taking this leisurely journey changes the protagonist’s personality as well as his perception of himself and others. The novel also reveals where his future is heading. Each locale is less important than the circumstances and people he encounters during his journey; they are crucial for him to progress.

    The son’s outer journey is broadly sketched by visiting places that were important to his father. These are key sites that inspired Leif Catlin’s art and poetry throughout his life. Arden’s inner pilgrimage unfolds as he travels along his father’s path that brings him back to where the journey began.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherProglen
    Release dateMar 4, 2016
    ISBN9786167817804
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    Kim Matics

    Kim Matics, formerly a university lecturer in New York and Pennsylvania, experienced a dynamic career change decades ago when she became involved in rural development projects in Asia. After extended stints in Cambodia and Thailand, her most recent assignment found her employed by an international organization headquartered in Malaysia.Known in literary circles as Kim Matics, the author is a writer of fiction with a flair for Asian art history and cultures. Winning a series of competitive scholarships paved the way to teach Fine Arts courses at the university level. After a hiatus from full-time teaching to continue postgraduate research at University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the Anglophile headed for Thailand armed with a full-year Asian Study Grant. Subsequent affiliations with intergovernmental projects led to prolonged employment in the Far East, South Asia and Southeast Asia (particularly Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore).Fulfilling a long-standing academic interest in Asia and its diverse cultures, the author prepared a series of five academic monographs: Wat Phra Chetuphon and Its Buddha Images [selected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand as required reading prior to certification for Thai English-speaking tour guides]; Introduction to the Thai Temple; Introduction to the Thai Mural; Cambodian Silver Animals; and Gestures of the Buddha [reprinted four times and short-listed for distribution to foreign dignitaries attending the royally-sponsored cremation of the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in December 2015]. The wordsmith has also produced scores of peer-reviewed papers for academic journals, as well as popular articles concerning Asian art and culture.As a writer of fiction, Kim Matics is known, to sometimes disparate audiences, for quite different kinds of literary works (i.e., novels, short stories and poetry).For instance, during the course of 2014-16, Kim Matics launched The Odyssey Trilogy comprising stand-alone novels whose themes and characters are intricately linked, although the venues differ:• Behind the Folding Fan [2014] set in Japan;• Revolving Doors [2015] explores parts of Thailand; and• Something Else Again [2016] takes place in Paris and southern France.A stand-alone novel entitled, Going Places, Letting Go [2017], describes life in Sea Cliff on the northern shore of Long Island in the shadow of New York City, among other locales in Europe and Asia.A duology begins with the novel, Kindred Spirits [2019/20]. Set in Japan, it explores aspects of acculturation from the West to the East and vice versa. Borrowed Scenery, Borrowed Time [2021] is the sequel.The novel She, Who Loves Dogs [2024] tells the story about a young widow who must shelve her personal difficulties during the Age of COVID and embrace a totally different life-style for her young son and herself. While in Thailand, she faces many challenges, including saving the lives of countless dogs and other household pets abandoned during a large flood. Will she allow her unhappy past, anxiety in the present, and an uncertain future defeat her?As for the series of short stories, What’s the Story?-1: East-West Works of Fiction, Based on Actual Events [2022] comprises an anthology of forty-four short stories composed over the years the author has lived in both the West and the East. The wordsmith relates specific stories concerning the culture of seven countries in South and Southeast Asia, as well as the Far East.What’s the Story?-2: Tales/Novellas in Major/Minor Keys [2023] comprises a second anthology of more than thirty short stories (and tales within tales), as well as novellas linking historical facts and anecdotal perceptions made in tandem with the author’s day-job that necessitated considerable traveling throughout Asia, Europe and North America. The intrepid author presents snapshots of the life and culture observed in eight countries in the Western world and Southeast Asia, as well as the Far East.

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