Accidental Destination - Paperback

by Alex Balogh (Author)

If the '60s were about social transformation, the '70s were about personal transformation. Accidental Destination follows its young hero Jason to 1970s' countercultural Oregon where he has only an entry point through the looking glass on his quest to self-discovery -- a kaleidoscopic labyrinth of music, love & odd jobs he must navigate to become the person he is searching for. Jason, an eternal seeker, tries on lives as a musician, printer, logger, poetry hanger-on, doper, student & lover. He constantly tests his own identity in relation to the many memorable characters he encounters & keeps on truckin' through his shapings & transformations.

Author Biography

Alex Balogh is a New Jersey native who lived in Oregon during the '70s and '80s. He currently resides in St. Louis but ducks into the Beaver State yearly, preferably during the Rainy Season. He teaches creative writing and has edited the literary journal Untamed Ink. He is the author of two chapbooks of poetry: Odes & Laments and Accidental Zen. Accidental Destination is his first novel.