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Sarah Kornfeld

    Sarah Kornfeld's experiences with seizures, art, and the ocean as medicine led her to write "What Stella Sees," an adventure in magical realism where all characters must confront creatures from their own depths. Kornfeld weaves a complex tale of love, art, and transformation that spans from San Francisco to Israel and Bucharest to Paris. Her writing explores inner landscapes and the power of transformation, often set in worlds where reality and fantasy intertwine. She delves into the profound connections between the internal self and the external world, using imaginative storytelling to illuminate themes of healing and self-discovery.

    The True
    • The True

      • 306 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      THE TRUE is a narrative non-fiction book that recounts the real story of Sarah Kornfeld's search for the truth about the death of her lover and dear friend in Bucharest, Romania, and the con artist who took her on a two-year journey away from the truth.Alexandru “Ducu” Darie was a world-renowned theater director who died of mysterious causes in 2019. When Sarah Kornfeld went to explore his death she met a young woman who could "prove" she was Darie's girlfriend, who swore there had been foul play. With the help of the young woman, and over a two-year period, Kornfeld investigated his death, wrote a book about Darie, three screenplays, and believed she signed deals with Netflix and Disney. Kornfeld interacted with people claiming to be Diana Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross, Robert Iger, and more, all to come face to face with her own longing for the unanswered questions about her lover's death the explosion of nationalism around the world. Yet, what was fiction? What was theater? What was true?

      The True