NIETZSCHE CAFE, AXEL’S CHARHOUSE MORE SECRET HISTORIES

SYNOPSIS

Nietzsche’s Cafe, Axel’s Charhouse is volume three of a collection of short short stories

beginning with Borges’ Travel, Hemingway’s Garage and followed by Balzac’s Coffee,

DaVinci’s Ristorante are devoted to the relationship between writers/artists and commerce.

Many writers/artists have often struggled with the conflict between earning a living and

creating whatever was their raison d’être whether that was writing, painting, composing,

etc. What Nietzsche’ Cafe, Axel’s Charhouse does is create stories around businesses (all

of which exist or did exist) based on the names of these writers/artists who, desperate to

keep their art alive, resorted to opening businesses in order to make a living; hence,

businesses such as Nietzsche’s Cafe or Hotel Balzac or Baudelaire Soaps or Cervantes

Cigars. Though seemingly “tongue in cheek,” the true story of how these writers/artists

suffered would be hard to fictionalize.