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    A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality
    A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality
    A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality
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    A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality

    By Codrin Paveliuc Olariu

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    A dreamer`s guide to reality is the first part of a short stories collection that is focused on the break between reality and fiction in the mind of a young person. Built as a mesmerizing mix of real life action, character memories and dreams, it shows the readers that the simplest way for the mind to defend itself is by sheltering itself inside it, building up, at the same time, a defense wall that not even the person can overpass.
    Gregory is fighting with his inner demons after having gone through several traumatic incidents. These inner demons are being fought by his mind through supporting his efforts in gathering knowledge, eliminating superstitions and beliefs and focusing simply on facts and figures. Trying to pull himself together, we see Gregory going through different dreams and memories, concentrating his reality on things that wouldn`t hurt him or make him vulnerable to attacks from both outside and inside.
    Starting off as a 30 years man living in the suburbs, Gregory gets startled by a recurring dream that shows him as an old man who wasn`t capable of moving past his childhood dramas. Swinging back and forward between a damaged childhood and a movie like adult life, Gregory finds out that there is something strange in his progression in life. Bits and pieces are missing and he must find out why.
    Join Gregory on a path to self knowledge and see what is the solution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCodrin Paveliuc Olariu
    Release dateNov 12, 2014
    ISBN9781310247873
    A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality
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    Codrin Paveliuc Olariu

    I`ve worn many hats - researcher, consultant, agro-economist, manager, marketer, strategist. As a result, I have a unique ability to manage multi-disciplinary projects and navigate complex challenges.I am now starting to walk down a road that leads towards being a published author. It`s a long walk, but it is awesome.I love to socialize with all kind of people. Reach out if you want to talk about books, research, policies or movies.Send an e-mail to codrin.po@gmail.com to learn more.

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      A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality - Codrin Paveliuc Olariu

      A Dreamer`s Guide To Reality

      By Codrin Paveliuc Olariu

      Copyright 2014 Codrin Paveliuc-Olariu

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      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite eBook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      The beginning

      The conflict

      The resolution

      Message to readers

      About the author

      Connect with Codrin

      To be published

      The beginning

      It all started about 20 years ago on a sunny spring break afternoon when all you could hear were the sounds of passing cars, kicking up dirt on the street, and voices of parents yelling at their children not to go too far. It was awkwardly quiet on the playground near the old, grey apartment building whose outer layer of soft beige was quickly decaying, leaving nothing but the old cement plates to look at. Although the swings were usually disputed amongst all children nearby, that was not the case today. All the children were crammed around him trying to get as close as possible to hear better the stories that he used to invent, stories that described both the past and the future. He used to imagine wars in which the kids would fight and win, magical lands filled with creatures that you would have said only genetics could ever create or perfect futures where wealth of all people was no longer a concept and where all people were truly happy. He used to invent chivalry stories with friends conquering kingdoms just to save the people; he used to tell beautiful, romanticized love stories in which the children around him would play the leading roles.

      But it all changed that afternoon. Interrupting him and annoying

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