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The i Tetralogy—i, I Am Gunther,
Gunther’s Lament, Gunther Redux—is the
gut-wrenching epic depiction of the dehumanization of man
through an incisive observation of three pivotal characters.
Each of them, victim, perpetrator, and murderer’s son,
is inextricably linked by the varying dimensions of their
moral nature. Assaying the monumental impact of the Holocaust,
this species-shattering event, the tetralogy elucidates a
truth about humanity: the Holocaust has forever defined the
species as indelibly damaged, capable on a molecular level
of killing and consuming its own. The reader experiences this
unvarnished—perhaps axiomatic—truth
about humanity, which no revisionist can deny. The reader
also ponders the risk in forgetting, in sanitizing, in “sweetening”
the Holocaust.
Teacher and psychotherapist Mathias
B. Freese holds masters degrees in secondary education
and social work from Queens College of the City University
of New York and Stony Brook University. For more than thirty
years he taught English and social studies in New York secondary
schools. An analytically trained and insight-oriented psychotherapist,
he has incorporated his abiding interest in Eastern thought
into his life and work, leading workshops on experiential
and psycho-spiritual approaches to inner awareness.
Listed in Who’s Who in America,
forthcoming 56th Edition, Who’s Who Among American
Teachers, A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers,
and the International Authors Who’s Who, his
work emphasizes creativity, spiritual wisdom, self-awareness,
transcendence, and meaning. His short fiction has appeared
in Jewish Currents, Pig Iron Press, and Skywriters,
among other magazines. His nonfiction articles have appeared
in the New York Times, Voices: The Art and Science
of Psychotherapy, and Publishers Marketing Association
Newsletter. In 2005, the Society of Southwestern Authors
honored him with a first-place award for personal essay/memoir.
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