Author Description

Inspired by his zoom call with Kundera, Dostojevsky, Borges, Hemingway, and Joyce Carol Oates, the author embarks on a literary journey in search of personal revalidation after his recent divorce. The journey takes form in a sequence of 20 short stories, sometimes solitary, others often interconnected. Together, they take the reader on a tour of magical realism, encountering a spectrum of characters such as Mr. Bojangles, Sancho Panza, Bartholomew Columbus, Dante’s Beatrice, Gabriel Marquez’s Macondo Family, and many others, all brilliantly remembered in this text. It is left to the reader to interpret where the dragonflies are flying in the midst of this journey. Educated as an architect and engineer, Anthony Caine is an American living in Prague, Czech Republic. From 1976 to 1989 he practiced as an architect in New York City, where he was active in the development of lower Manhattan’s loft conversions. In 1991 he accepted an invitation from the Chief Architect of Prague to assist in that city’s transformation to a market economy. He has lived in Prague ever since, holding dual citizenship, developing properties, teaching university students, and consulting on matters of urban development. Dragonflies is Anthony’s third literary work to have been published. It is preceded by two novels: Passage to Yarmouth (2024) and the award-winning Fog Bound (2023).