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The Past Is Never Dead
Written By: A.J. Stewart | Issue: 2019/03 - March
When the rainy weather keeps you inside, there’s nothing better to do than to curl up on the couch with a good book.
Western North Carolina is home to some amazing writers. From poetry to fantasy and science fiction, there’s no shortage of stories based in our little corner
of Appalachia.
For those of you that love a good mystery, pick up a copy of “The Past is Never Dead: An Asheville Mystery” by David Schulman.
Gritz Goldberg is a middle-aged psychiatrist with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a life that’s falling apart. His office is the same one used by Zelda Fitzgerald’s therapist at the Highland Mental Hospital so many decades before. Haunted by Zelda’s ghost, Gritz tries to regain some semblance of control in his life. An old family friend resurfaces and Gritz finds himself tracking down the truth about the wrongful execution of Mordecai Moore that took place in the Battery Park Hotel in 1939. When Gritz is accused of murdering a woman from the Happy Valley Retirement Community, Gritz has to race against the clock to prove his own innocence as well as Mordecai’s.
“The Past is Never Dead” is full of rich, colorful characters and explores the fascinating history of Asheville’s most iconic hotel as well as the heritage of Asheville’s Jewish and Black communities.
David, a Sylva native, and his wife Denissa currently live in Asheville. After a 20-year career in retailing in WNC, David moved into commercial real estate investing in 1991, which gave him more time to explore his passion for writing. Writing runs deep in the Schulman family. His cousin, Arnold Schulman, an award-winning screenplay writer, portrayed the Schulman family in the 1959 Frank Capra film, “A Hole in the Head.”
He attended the University of Iowa and received his BA in Liberal Studies when he was 50. Now 70, David is working on his latest novel, tentatively titled “The Late Gatsby.” “The Late Gatsby” further delves into the history of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda during their stay in Asheville in the late 1930’s, when Zelda was hospitalized at the Highland Hospital where she later died in a tragic fire.
