Nothing But Waves and Wind Romance The third "branch" of Jacques

The third "branch" of Jacques Roubaud's epic

by Bernard Share

and marching across Europe

An Irish student alone and lonely in London

this rare and revealing glimpse into the creative process pulls back the curtain on the composition of a playful and self-conscious work of fiction

Nothing But Waves and Wind Romance The third "branch" of JacquesA musty bar in off season Cannon Beach, Oregon, provides the setting for an unsuspecting Frenchmans introduction to the many ways life can go wrong for the unlucky in America. He listens as the barflies nightly recount their tales of woebetrayal, broken families, financial ruin. Though they seem at first to tolerate the newcomers presence and sympathy, a tide of violence is rising, one he perceives only dimly until it is too late to escape. A musty