Author Description

Product Description J. J. Steinfeld's sixteenth book Madhouses in Heaven, Castles in Hell is an eclectic mix of 30 stories embracing and exploring the themes and the psychological terrain - from the absurd to the existential, the surreal to the spiritual - which the author has been dealing with in all of his writing over the years. He grapples with the desire for meaning and sense in the human condition while confronting the chaotic and painful and sometimes strange aspects of history. Whether dealing with the struggles of children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, of individuals searching for purpose and sense through creativity and love, or dealing with the turmoil of their ordinary and extraordinary lives, these stories reflect on love and lovelessness and madness, the worldly and the otherworldly, through the realistic and the fantastical. About the Author Fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot's arrival and a phone call from Kafka. While waiting, he has published sixteen books. More than 300 of his short stories and 700 poems have appeared in anthologies and periodicals in every Canadian province and internationally in eighteen countries, and over forty of his one-act plays and a handful of full-length plays have been performed in Canada and the United States.