Grass Through Pavement: War, Sex & Enlightement

Some of the chapters in this novel are sexually explicit, and intended for audiences 18+ only.Grass Through Pavement: War, Sex & Enlightenment is a bold, deeply personal work of Literary Fiction about the human cost of war.Lucien, a Navy intelligence petty officer haunted by Vietnam, finds himself entangled in a post-war world that offers no clear answers. Through sex, travel, and the blurred lines of memory, he stumbles toward something like healing, possibly redemption. From bomb-scarred Hanoi to street bars in the Philippines, from letters scented with longing to a secret restaurant with no menu, Lucien’s journey is raw, confessional, and often darkly funny. From San Francisco art school studios to ashrams in India, Lucien’s path is a tangle of trauma and transcendence.At the crossroads of war memoir, Literary Fiction, and spiritual inquiry, Grass Through Pavement pushes past nostalgia. This is not a story of heroism. It’s a story of aftermath. Of what it means to search for, and maybe—eventually—find peace.With a personal narrative voice reminiscent of Eve Babitz, author Trivelas blends raw introspection with vivid storytelling. Fans of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried will appreciate this thought-provoking novel, which explores the lasting impact of war on the human psyche.