Once a novel has been written and published it exists as a final product, an
object to be handled by other hands and other minds than those of the writer
for whom the book as object appears surprisingly material.
It is not until others begin reading
the story encoded in the written pages of the book that the object ceases to be
a simple thing and becomes an experience, a human, personal and very individual
experience.
The author can only hope that the
readers may have as much pleasure and gain as much insight on the human spirit
as those gained and enjoyed in the
process of putting down in words the imagined story.
The characters, in turn, revive with
every reader.
Hope many resurrect Ari and his
friends and relatives from the pages of Under
the Walnut Tree.
