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ОглавлениеPraise for Monk Yun Rou’s Books
Turtle Planet
“Turtles have been a part of Earth’s natural balance for hundreds of millions of years. Now, human greed and indifference bring them to the very brink of extinction. In this passionate, shining work, Yun Rou champions their cause and indicts our self-destructive relationship with Mother Earth.”
—William Holmstrom, Wildlife Conservation Society
“This beautiful, imaginative, and important work reminds us that turtles, unchanged for 200 million years, have been a cornerstone of folklore and religion since before recorded history. If we can come to see the threats facing them today, as Yun Rou has done here, then we can begin to repair what we have done.”
—Anthony Pierlioni, Vice President and Senior Director, theTurtleRoom
A Cure for Gravity
“[A] charming tale…. There’s a bravura innocence at the heart of this offbeat novel.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“A touching ghost story that eludes easy comparison to any other book. An amazing, rewarding voyage…. No need to imitate other writers; Rosenfeld is a true original.”
—Booklist
“A zesty, comic, high-speed American gothic.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A Cure for Gravity is the kind of stunning surprise that comes along once a year, if we’re lucky. It’s like expecting a $90 bicycle for Christmas, and getting a brand new Harley instead…. It will be the rare reader who turns the last page without a lump in his throat and a smile on his lips.”
—Florida Sun Sentinel
“[An] unusual yarn [that] intrigues and grips…doesn’t let up until the last page.”
—Barbara Taylor Bradford, New York Times bestselling author
“This wonderful novel doesn’t just cure gravity, it cures all matters of heart, mind, and soul. I felt better after reading the title alone; imagine how I felt after reading the whole book.”
—Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of The Odd Couple, Lost in Yonkers, and more.
“Rosenfeld uses the tangle of lives he has created to tell a story that has its mystical moments—but is every bit about the needs of the living. This makes it a love story, of course, and a sweet, telling one at that.”
—The New York Daily News
“A Cure for Gravity may be seen as mainstream fiction that just happens to be fast, funny, outrageous, and full of heart.”
—The Mercury News, San Jose, CA
“A Cure for Gravity roars along at the pace of an open-throttled motorcycle.”
—The Tribune, South Bend, IN
“With A Cure for Gravity, Mr. Rosenfeld inspires the deepest emotion one writer can feel about another: envy.”
—Larry Gelbart, creator of M*A*S*H, Tootsie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and more.
“A novel of surprising imagination and stylistic daring….A Cure for Gravity rises to near greatness as a piece of home-grown Magical Realism. Touching, scary, hilarious.”
—Knight Ridder News Service
“This book is like reading a story and listening to music at the same time. A page-turner with rhythm, and a most unusual narrative voice. I loved the characters, the views of an America I haven’t seen, the unexpected twists and turns. A wonderful book.”
—Jack Paar, former host of The Tonight Show
“Arthur Rosenfeld’s A Cure for Gravity is a noir mystery, a supernatural thriller, a crime caper novel, a love story, and an American road-trip adventure—all seamlessly woven into one moving, magical book. If the ghosts of Jack Kerouac and Jim Thompson could collaborate with Alice Hoffman, this is the story they might write…. This novel twists, spins, and rages like an Oklahoma tornado, and it’ll fling you up into the cruel sky before bringing you back down to the good earth…safe, but shaken. Hell, it’ll make you fly.”
—Bradley Denton, author of Blackburn and Lunatics
Diamond Eye
“This is, to put it bluntly, one of the freshest, most enjoyable mysteries to come along in the last couple of years…. Any novel that features people with names like Seagrave Chunny, Phayle Tollard, and Twy Boatright is a novel that practically demands to be read…. The plot is delightfully twisty, turny, and, at times, surprisingly thought provoking.”
—Booklist, starred review
“A great read in the noir tradition.”
—Cluesunlimited.com
“Diamond Eye is a special delivery, no doubt about that. Refreshingly different. With its wit, warmth, and wonderfully wild cast, Rosenfeld dexterously blends cinematic scenes with intricate, often humorous personality studies in what may be this year’s most promising detective series introduction. Hey, who knew that detective fiction could benefit from going postal?”
—January Magazine
“Rosenfeld writes a muscular prose that moves along at a brisk clip.”
—Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Exploring cop-struggling-against-criminal-desire themes hauntingly reminiscent of Hammett’s Red Harvest, Rosenfeld crafts a high-action suspense thriller with plenty of wry humor and cultural commentary.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“Rosenfeld’s likeable detective has a genuine disgust for the felons that he pursues and the determination necessary to bring them to justice.”
—The Dallas Morning News
“Rosenfeld skillfully weaves a complex plot that defies solution until the very last pages. In the process, he creates an urbane, life-loving, self-effacing, and courageous character who should forever dispel the erroneous image of ‘lowly’ postal inspectors.”
—The Boca Raton/Delray Beach News
“Rosenfeld keeps things moving smartly even before the nifty twist that ties his two plots together into a neat, grisly bow.”
—Kirkus Reviews
The Cutting Season
“Arthur Rosenfeld’s The Cutting Season is a marvelously entertaining blend of many different genres: medical thriller, psychological suspense, fantasy, martial arts adventure, romance, and crime drama, all neatly packaged into three hundred engrossing pages.”
—Mostlyfiction.com
“Highly recommended, and not just for martial artists. This is a well written story that all will enjoy.”
—Larry Ketchersid, author of Dusk Before Dawn
“It takes a bold author to attempt the creation of a new category of popular fiction. That’s the task crime novelist and tai chi master Arthur Rosenfeld set himself with his ninth novel, The Cutting Season.”
—Florida Sun-Sentinel
“A gripping story…a page-turning mystery…. Rosenfeld’s medical knowledge and martial-arts expertise reinforce an authority and clarity to the work…. That’s storytelling!”
—Walter Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Parade Magazine
“….lively, accurate, and beautiful writing…[this] secret world of blades…[is] brimming with romance, mysticism, and murder. It’s the rare writer who can hold my interest so intensely.”
—Dellana, Master Bladesmith
“A brain surgeon swordsman battles with…Russian mobsters, and his own reincarnations. This smart thriller sets a refreshing new standard for martial arts fiction.”
—Kung Fu Magazine
“A writer who understands the deeper side of these sacred arts…a breath of fresh understanding.”
—Stuart Charno, Shing-I Ch’uan Master
“A home run! We rate this book five hearts.”
—Heartland Review
“…an intriguing premise as the hero rationalizes his vigilante justice…to do nothing would be amoral. Fascinating.”
—The Midwest Book Review
“Remarkable!….a literary masterpiece…exceptionally well-paced and hard to put down…unique insights in the mysterious world of classical martial arts.”
—Lawrence Kane, author of Surviving Armed Assaults
The Crocodile and the Crane
“Arthur Rosenfeld has done it again!”
—Virginia Gazette
“…a thriller of uncommon inventiveness. In the hand of the right filmmaker, The Crocodile and the Crane could be a terrific movie.”
—Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise
“In Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise, Arthur Rosenfeld draws from modern newsfeeds and a multitude of personal colorful anecdotes to illuminate this time-honored art. He brings a charmingly refreshing voice to the study and practice of Tai Chi.”
—Gene Ching, associate publisher of Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine & KungFuMagazine.com
“Arthur Rosenfeld has written the most accessible book on Tai Chi I’ve seen. Its benefits are scientifically proven, and I’ll be recommending this to my patients young and old.”
—Mark Lachs, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
“Rosenfeld’s book will improve your health and your mind. Easy and fun to read, it is filled with uplifting stories, lots to make you think about the world and plenty of easy-to-follow practical fitness advice. A delight.”
—Graeme Maxton, bestselling author and fellow of the Club of Rome
“After my own decades of attempting to convey in ordinary English the deep and subtle insights of the Taoist traditions, I can appreciate the masterful contribution Arthur Rosenfeld had made with his Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise. He brings sharp clarity to a subject too often shrouded in mystery and confusion.”
—Guy Leekley, author of Tao Te Ching: A New Version for All Seekers
“Arthur Rosenfeld is one of the most special and genuine voices in the arts today. Not persuaded by fame, attention, or self-congratulatory actions, he walks a path that is unique, winding, and full of discoveries, surprises, and truth, not just for himself but for those lucky enough to align themselves with him.”
—Del Weston, martial artist, producer, writer and director
“Arthur Rosenfeld is rightfully one of the foremost Tai Chi masters in this country if not the world. This mastery has spiraled into his writing. This book has illumined my Tai Chi practice. It also offered fresh teaching examples in the areas of breath and energy that I can share with my students. I’m highly appreciative of his contribution with this book.”
—Mitchell Doshin Cantor, Sensei of The Southern Palm Zen Group
“Arthur Rosenfeld’s new book, Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise, breathes new life into the old saying bun bu ichi (the ways of the sword and those of the pen are one). It’s extremely rare to find a martial artist whose practical expertise and martial insight are paired with literary elegance, enthusiasm, and rich experience…. Lucidly organized, elegantly written and filled with the types of insights that are only too rare in this genre…. The author’s mastery of clear and accomplished prose…make this a valuable and mature meditation on the virtually limitless depths of this art.”
—John Donahue, bestselling author of Enzan
“Rosenfeld’s Tai Chi is as unique a contribution to the martial art as Bruce Lee’s Tao of Jeet Kune Do was to his. This muscular work weaves history and modernity with philosophy and combat to create a tapestry that transcends all disciplines. Tai Chi will travel with you regardless of where you go and regardless of whether you take it.”
—Cameron Conaway, author of Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
