The Winds Of Time and other stories

About the Book

It has been said that every story is born of experience. But fiction is not a duplication of life’s events. Life’s experiences strike a chord which reverberate, setting in motion new feelings and thoughts. Imagination takes over, transforming the original experience, giving it new meaning, shape, and form. Here then are three stories dealing with man’s ambition, challenging fate and providence to preserve the divine spark during his brief existence. Only the first story is obliquely autobiographical; it highlights the passages of life to overcome obstacles and to capture the epiphany bestowed by art and science. The second story describes the response and challenges by assault to health and wealth, tolerance in humanity. It tests man’s ability to answer these challenges by adhering to the voice of his faith. The book of Job forms the mold of this tale as Satan challenges the Lord over the ages. The third story tells of the search for an unattainable goal, the encounter with a unicorn by a searcher for final truth and beauty. The unicorn is the symbol of an endless search for fulfillment, for a goal which, as it comes in grasp, recedes into the distance never to be attained.

About the Author

Richard J. Bing was born in Bavaria. He is a retired professor of Medicine and a composer of music. His scientific career took him among others to the Rockefeller and Johns Hopkins Universities and the Huntington Medical Research Institutes. He has honorary degrees in Science from Johns Hopkins University; the University of Bologna, Italy; and the University of Dusseldorf, Germany. He is a retired Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army and has published several novels and books on cardiology. His musical compositions have been performed in the U.S.A. and in Europe. He began to write short stories several years ago and presently resides in La Cañada, California.