The beautifully-written stories of strangers riding the same train will hypnotically pull you in and captivate you to the very end.' But here’s the real surprise: Once you have mental telepathy, it’s hard to call anyone a stranger anymore.” “Who among us hasn’t sat on a train and played at reading the minds of strangers? In this way, Tracks is a voyeuristic fantasy fulfilled. These intertwined stories are melodious and brim with soulful compassion.' Sincere and empathetic, Goodman delivers. Goodman’s novel in stories, Tracks, allows the reader to journey with his characters in their moving and transforming destinies. In Tracks, Goodman skillfully weaves stories of chance encounters, lost opportunities and new beginnings into a tight, colorful, breathtaking tapestry which he says is a train ride, but seems an awful lot like life.” Goodman is a keen, compassionate and refreshingly un-ironic observer of the human condition. Goodman’s novel in stories, Tracks, I knew I was in for an enjoyable ride. Goodman takes the craft to the level of art. Short stories are often an under-appreciated art form. 'Goodman's Tracks is a most cunningly crafted tale-a perfect read for trains, planes and automobiles. Literary journals, magazines, newspapers, and book bloggers are one thing, but what do other authors and readers have to say about Tracks? Steinbeck, O'Brien, Trevor, MItchell, Roth, Rushdie, Munro, Irving, Wolfe, Hemingway, Cunningham, Sebold, Silber, Tolkien, Russo, Patchett, Doctorow, McDermott, O'Connor, Monk, too many to go on. Writing, editing, reading, travel, movies, music, long evenings of food, drink and conversation, and spending time with my family and friends.ĭepends on mood: Classical, jazz, Neil Young, Paul Simon, George Harrison, REM, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Death Cab, XTC, Who, Stones, Cranberries, Hank Dogs, even a little Gaga.

WRECKS & RUINS (Loyola's Apprentice House Press 2022) // THE COLOR OF JADEITE (Apprentice House Press 2020) // SETTING THE FAMILY FREE (Apprentice House 2019) // WOMB: a novel in utero (Merge Publishing 2017) // TRACKS: A Novel in Stories (Atticus Books 2011) // FLIGHTLESS GOOSE (Writers Lair Books 2008) // Інтереси Author who writes for a living and lives for writing.

The Color of Jadeite by Eric D. Goodman