An Unreasonable Notion of Desire

About the Book

An Unreasonable Notion of Desire is the story of Gabi Fodor, an émigré film director with a jaded view of Hollywood, who awakes one morning to realize that his romantic expectations of life, art and love have gone unfulfilled. While on a walk in Beverly Hills that morning, Gabi notices a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the love of his youth, Marika, and on an impulse, he follows her.  He discovers that she is a psychiatrist named Cass Atwill and he arranges for an appointment.  Although Gabi soon discovers that Cass is not interested in him, he has become obsessed with the idea that, through an affair with her, he can regain his lost youth, dreams and artistic inspiration.

About the Author

Mr. Kaczender was born and educated in Budapest, Hungary. He studied cinema and worked at the Pannonia Film Studios until the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. When the Soviet Army defeated the revolution he escaped with his family and immigrated to Montreal, Canada. He worked as a writer/director at the National Film Board of Canada until 1970 where he made award winning films including, “Don’t let the Angels Fall”, a feature film that became the first Canadian film in main competition at the 1969 Cannes International Film Festival. After leaving the NFB, he directed numerous feature films, including “In Praise of Older Women” and “Chanel Solitaire” and worked with luminaries like Jeanne Moreau, Robert Mitchum and Richard Harris among them. In 1981 he moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Joan and has been writing and directing movies and TV films. “An Unreasonable Notion of Desire” is his first novel.