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John Burnham Schwartz

Along the wide curving moat surrounding the palace, rows of cherry trees announced the end of their seasonal beauty. Some of the trees were weeping: blossoms in white and palest pink, ponderous with decreptitude, eddying on the brown water, stirred by the paddling of ducks.

John Burnham Schwartz

Beyond the terrace, a light breeze stirred the reeds at the edge of the pond. Looking out at this intimate vista, one could see the reeds and a stone lantern and the brightest of the evening's stars floating on the gloaming mirror of the pond. Then the breeze came again to crack the water's surface, and the picture was flooded.

John Burnham Schwartz

John Burnham Schwartz

John Burnham Schwartz

Born: 1965 (age 60)

Bio: John Burnham Schwartz is an American novelist and screenwriter.

Known for:

The Commoner (2007)
Northwest Corner (2011)
Claire Marvel (2002)
Bicycle Days (1989)
Reservation Road (1998)

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