First published 2007
An aspiring writer sits in his empty apartment, broke and directionless. He wants to transform his dreams into stories, but inspiration eludes him. Then comes a foolish moment of clarity. The source of his creative fire is someone he has never met, someone who lives over five thousand kilometers away, someone he knows only from a couple of films. Her name is Winona Ryder. This struggling artist without money, job, or direction must now grapple with an impossible muse. His creative awakening depends on a Hollywood actress who exists only in his imagination and on movie screens. The distance between dream and reality becomes the space where his stories might finally take shape.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Paperback · Proa