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Crosspoints: A Novel of Choice
Author of the critically praised book FROM THE FOUNTAINHEAD TO THE
FUTURE and Other Essays on Art and Excellence, Alexandra York's passions
for high drama and higher ideals combine now in this first novel, which
invites us on a provocative journey toward our own personal
self-realization via exotic settings and larger-than-life characters,
who succeed or fail in negotiating that challenging real-life road
themselves. CROSSPOINTS A Novel of Choice examines America's pervasive
obsessions with money, fame, art (and non-art), mysticism, emotionalism
and sex, all within the framework of a compelling love triangle that
must be resolved. The story is intelligent, realistic and timely, yet
romantic, stylized and timeless: Romantic Realism at its best. Smart,
savvy and sexy.
Set primarily in New York's glamorous and ever controversial art world,
CROSSPOINTS is the story of one sculptor's struggle to regain or reject
the artistic and idealistic visions of his youth. Leon Skillman is rich
and famous, cynical and smart. Handsome and glib, he is the darling of
socialites, the press, art critics and gossip columnists. It is his
introduction to Tara Niforous, Greek-American archeologist, that
disrupts his smug existence, bringing his art into conflict because of
his unanticipated love for her.
Tara lives for her ancient bronze and marble "gods" but falls
irresistibly in love with Leon, who looks and acts like one in the
flesh. Tara's older Greek employer and nautical department head of
Athens's National Archeological Museum, Dimitrios Kokonas, is silently
and profoundly in love with Tara, who was previously his prot
FUTURE and Other Essays on Art and Excellence, Alexandra York's passions
for high drama and higher ideals combine now in this first novel, which
invites us on a provocative journey toward our own personal
self-realization via exotic settings and larger-than-life characters,
who succeed or fail in negotiating that challenging real-life road
themselves. CROSSPOINTS A Novel of Choice examines America's pervasive
obsessions with money, fame, art (and non-art), mysticism, emotionalism
and sex, all within the framework of a compelling love triangle that
must be resolved. The story is intelligent, realistic and timely, yet
romantic, stylized and timeless: Romantic Realism at its best. Smart,
savvy and sexy.
Set primarily in New York's glamorous and ever controversial art world,
CROSSPOINTS is the story of one sculptor's struggle to regain or reject
the artistic and idealistic visions of his youth. Leon Skillman is rich
and famous, cynical and smart. Handsome and glib, he is the darling of
socialites, the press, art critics and gossip columnists. It is his
introduction to Tara Niforous, Greek-American archeologist, that
disrupts his smug existence, bringing his art into conflict because of
his unanticipated love for her.
Tara lives for her ancient bronze and marble "gods" but falls
irresistibly in love with Leon, who looks and acts like one in the
flesh. Tara's older Greek employer and nautical department head of
Athens's National Archeological Museum, Dimitrios Kokonas, is silently
and profoundly in love with Tara, who was previously his prot
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393 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 23, 2003
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About the author
Alexandra York
12 books11 followersALEXANDRA YORK
Alexandra York presently draws from her multi-faceted background to focus on fiction as well as writing and lecturing on the arts and the culture.
In addition to authoring five nonfiction books (one a Book-of-the-Month Club selection), Alexandra has also been published in magazine and newspaper articles, book and movie reviews, and poetry. In other media, she both wrote and performed a bi-weekly feature on WPIX-TV Channel 11 Evening News in New York and wrote and hosted two different Talk Shows that tracked the contemporary performing arts for ABC Radio Network. As an author, she has been a guest on many major Talk Shows, including "The Today Show," "Larry King Live," "To Tell the Truth," "AM New York," "AM Los Angeles," "AM Philadelphia," "Wake-Up Houston," ABC's "Eyewitness News," and hundreds of local and syndicated radio shows. As a performer, she appeared (along with stage and film work) as principal actress in dozens of TV and radio commercials in America and Europe, culminating that aspect of her career in a year-long tour of the U.S. as an exclusive TV spokeswoman for Clairol,Inc. In person, she has lectured extensively at Town Hall Celebrity Series, private organizations, corporations, universities, and exclusive cruise ships.
Alexandra is published in England, Australia, Mexico, South America, Russia, and Spain, as well as the United States and Canada. Aside from her nonfiction books (Book-of-the-Month Club, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Van Nostrand, Ballantine and Berkley-Jove), her work has also appeared in publications as varied as Reader’s Digest (Domestic and International), Vital Speeches, The New York Times, USA Today, Vogue, New Woman, Chronicles, The Humanist, The Intellectual Activist, Reason, American Arts Quarterly, American Artist and Confrontation Literary Journal. She was for six years the Editor for ART Ideas, a quarterly arts and culture magazine published by American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART) a 501c3 New-York-City based nonprofit educational arts foundation of which she is the Founding President: www.ART-21.org
Alexandra received the 1997 Whiting Memorial Award for outstanding service to the cultural world from the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in America. Her latest book (2016) is titled ADAMAS 2016. With her husband, Barrett Randell, she divides her time between New York City, Bucks County, PA, and Vermont.
Alexandra York presently draws from her multi-faceted background to focus on fiction as well as writing and lecturing on the arts and the culture.
In addition to authoring five nonfiction books (one a Book-of-the-Month Club selection), Alexandra has also been published in magazine and newspaper articles, book and movie reviews, and poetry. In other media, she both wrote and performed a bi-weekly feature on WPIX-TV Channel 11 Evening News in New York and wrote and hosted two different Talk Shows that tracked the contemporary performing arts for ABC Radio Network. As an author, she has been a guest on many major Talk Shows, including "The Today Show," "Larry King Live," "To Tell the Truth," "AM New York," "AM Los Angeles," "AM Philadelphia," "Wake-Up Houston," ABC's "Eyewitness News," and hundreds of local and syndicated radio shows. As a performer, she appeared (along with stage and film work) as principal actress in dozens of TV and radio commercials in America and Europe, culminating that aspect of her career in a year-long tour of the U.S. as an exclusive TV spokeswoman for Clairol,Inc. In person, she has lectured extensively at Town Hall Celebrity Series, private organizations, corporations, universities, and exclusive cruise ships.
Alexandra is published in England, Australia, Mexico, South America, Russia, and Spain, as well as the United States and Canada. Aside from her nonfiction books (Book-of-the-Month Club, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Van Nostrand, Ballantine and Berkley-Jove), her work has also appeared in publications as varied as Reader’s Digest (Domestic and International), Vital Speeches, The New York Times, USA Today, Vogue, New Woman, Chronicles, The Humanist, The Intellectual Activist, Reason, American Arts Quarterly, American Artist and Confrontation Literary Journal. She was for six years the Editor for ART Ideas, a quarterly arts and culture magazine published by American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART) a 501c3 New-York-City based nonprofit educational arts foundation of which she is the Founding President: www.ART-21.org
Alexandra received the 1997 Whiting Memorial Award for outstanding service to the cultural world from the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who in America. Her latest book (2016) is titled ADAMAS 2016. With her husband, Barrett Randell, she divides her time between New York City, Bucks County, PA, and Vermont.
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May 2, 2018
I chose to call this literary fiction, although with a small push I might have called it a romance novel, for which I have no category because I never read them! It has lots of flowery language and detailed descriptions of atmospheric settings. Still, it's engaging, and although I almost abandoned it a couple of times, I muddled through and enjoyed the satisfying ending.
For different reasons, a Greek-American woman loves both an American artist and a Greek archaeologist and must choose between the two men, an agonizing choice that takes up a large part of the book. A secondary theme is the glories of traditional art versus the horrors of abstract modern art.
For different reasons, a Greek-American woman loves both an American artist and a Greek archaeologist and must choose between the two men, an agonizing choice that takes up a large part of the book. A secondary theme is the glories of traditional art versus the horrors of abstract modern art.
October 23, 2018
An engaging read with strong characters I cared about -- even most of the villains -- as they face the truth that their choices determine their lives and happiness, and what choices will they make?
Set against a background of the art world and the conflict between modern nihilistic and ancient heroic art, it is a different, philosophical read that I found interesting and refreshing.
Set against a background of the art world and the conflict between modern nihilistic and ancient heroic art, it is a different, philosophical read that I found interesting and refreshing.
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May 4, 2021I absolutely LOVED this book. It kept me drawn in and excited to know what was going to happen next. The author did not hold back and used themes and ideas that may not have been easy to convey, but they were done with grace and I hope to read more from Alexandra York in the future.
February 13, 2017
Crosspoints was the first novel by Alexandra York, previously known for her non-fiction writing. Alexandra is founder and president of American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century and is a prolific writer.
Crosspoints is a romance featuring young and beautiful Tara and her suitors Leon and Dimitrios. The passion is intense as the two obsessive men set Tara as their target and do whatever they can to win her. The romances are beyond what we normally see and experience in life however the writing is brilliant and inspirational for the reader. The psychology of each character becomes more complex and developed as the story moves forward.
The characters travel between Greece, New York City, and Palm Beach as they work within the fields of archaeology, art dealing, classic art, and contemporary art. Descriptions of the sunny seaside in Greece, the cosmopolitan lifestyles of New York, and the corrupt decadence of Palm Beach are excellent, allowing the reader to experience these glamorous settings.
However this isn't just a ordinary love story. The author includes deep themes regarding the free will that drives human motivation. Part of this is about the art. What is art all about? What is the purpose? How has the market for art been corrupted in recent decades?
And the same theme appears in the romances. How are people making decisions? What is driving them? What do they want and what will they do to get it? The characters reach for the best and won't surrender to failure.
I highly recommend this novel to all readers. Everyone will enjoy the author's powerful writing style. And, fans of Ayn Rand in particular will enjoy the underlying themes of rational and independent decision making contrasted with the "herd of sheep" mentality all too prevalent in society today.
John Christmas, author of "Democracy Society"
Crosspoints is a romance featuring young and beautiful Tara and her suitors Leon and Dimitrios. The passion is intense as the two obsessive men set Tara as their target and do whatever they can to win her. The romances are beyond what we normally see and experience in life however the writing is brilliant and inspirational for the reader. The psychology of each character becomes more complex and developed as the story moves forward.
The characters travel between Greece, New York City, and Palm Beach as they work within the fields of archaeology, art dealing, classic art, and contemporary art. Descriptions of the sunny seaside in Greece, the cosmopolitan lifestyles of New York, and the corrupt decadence of Palm Beach are excellent, allowing the reader to experience these glamorous settings.
However this isn't just a ordinary love story. The author includes deep themes regarding the free will that drives human motivation. Part of this is about the art. What is art all about? What is the purpose? How has the market for art been corrupted in recent decades?
And the same theme appears in the romances. How are people making decisions? What is driving them? What do they want and what will they do to get it? The characters reach for the best and won't surrender to failure.
I highly recommend this novel to all readers. Everyone will enjoy the author's powerful writing style. And, fans of Ayn Rand in particular will enjoy the underlying themes of rational and independent decision making contrasted with the "herd of sheep" mentality all too prevalent in society today.
John Christmas, author of "Democracy Society"
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