The Father's Tale is the story of Alex Graham, a quiet middle-age man waiting to die. A widower with two sons, he is the owner-manager of a small town bookshop, considered by all who know him to be a "boring man, an unimportant man," and he is contented to be so. When one of his sons disappears without explanation or any hint of where he has gone, the father begins a long journey that takes him for the first time away from his safe and orderly world. As he stumbles across the merest thread of a trail, he follows it in blind desperation and is led step by step on an odyssey that brings him to fascinating places and sometimes to frightening people and perils.
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Mali Andjeo—the Small Angel |
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Written by Michael D. O'Brien
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:04 |
The Small Angel, a children's book that I wrote for my nieces and nephews more than forty years ago was published by the White Horse Press, Canada, in the 1990's. It has since gone out of print. Plans are underway to republish it in both English and Polish editions in 2011 or early 2012, through the publisher Fides et Traditio in Krakow, Poland.
The Small Angel has been republished in the Croatian language under the title Mali Anđeo (pronounced mali andjeo) by Treci Dan publishers in Zagreb, Croatia, with delightful new illustrations by Dijana Kočica, a gifted illustrator of children's books.
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Written by Michael D. O'Brien
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Friday, 13 May 2011 21:36 |
For the past several years, many of you have written to me to say that you believe my novel Father Elijah would make an excellent film. A number of film companies have felt the same. Since the book was first published in 1996, I recall at least eight film-makers in North America and Europe approaching me to discuss a film.
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Winter Tales, a new book by Michael D. O'Brien, contains four imaginative stories for readers young and old. Published by Justin Press, Ottawa, in can be ordered through the publisher's website at:
www.justinpress.ca
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Foreign Language Translations |
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Written by Michael D. O'Brien
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 22:08 |
Michael O'Brien's books have been published in a number of foreign languages, including Croatian, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Lithuanian. To obtain contact information for the publishers, click the "Read More" button below:
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