Jean Cervi

A Long Distant Past Jean Cervi

"We each begin our journey as the hero of our own story but where we end up turns out to be little more than a crapshoot."

So begins the journal left behind on a train by John Henry Danzig. The story of love and friendship explores the inexplicability of life events, the minefields of love and the murderous consequences of betrayal as unforeseen events afflict the Danzig family like some Karmic curse that changes the trajectory of their lives.

Haunted by his childhood, John Henry searches for answers through the dark side of his parent's lives. His father's past as a talented opera singer with a promising future snatched away by the war slides up against the lies behind his mother's secret about her life and the men she loved. The loneliness of his childhood coupled with memories of the war he barely survived overarch present day betrayals of love and friendship, leaving him struggling to salvage his marriage and glue together the fragments that define his life.

Two men are reflected like facing mirrors as father and son follow parallel paths on a journey that stretches across two major wars and down into the rabbit hole of their lives.