Mark of the Librarian

The story of Mark of the Librarian concerns Jane Marris, a tattooed librarian who becomes enamored of an attractive renegade student of physical therapy, Janus Magnus, to whom she lends rare books describing powerful tantric massages. A child of the military guided by suppressed memory, Jane allows Janus to experiment on her, accompanying him to ritualistic parties hosted by his off-campus frat house, the "Phi Cycle Therapists." Based upon inaccurate self awareness, Jane mingles with Janus in a misguided attempt to join her better half and achieve synergy. Peter Dizozza’s third novel takes the form of observations of the twenty-five-year-old heroine (Jane) by one of her admirers, a perennial student of philosophy. This unnamed bookworm inhabits the building of the old library during the final days before its closing, as a new world cyber-library takes shape across campus. He observes Jane's struggle to maintain her librarian position while seeking her missing half. This is Sieglinde’s version of the love story set forth in Thomas Mann’s Blood of the Wahlsungs; it is also a meditation upon arcane literature, a romance and a surrealist comedy.

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