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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Catapult
Publication date
September 8, 2015
Pages
182
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781936787319
ISBN-10
1936787318
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Published in
Canada
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Vanity Fair
"Rifles through fear, identity, meaning, and cultural memory in forty-four short, surreal stories." ÂVanity Fair
"By turns moving, funny, and maddening . very much in the key of Donald Barthelme." ÂThe New York Times Book Review
"Somehow both grounded and absurd, each one of the stories trying get at that heart of the confusion and sadness at the core of contemporary life." ÂVICE
From the highly acclaimed author of Edisto and The Interrogative Mood, Padgett Powellâs new collection of stories, Cries for Help, Various, follows his mentor Donald Barthelmeâs advice that Âwacky modeâ must Âbreak their hearts.â The surrealistic and comical terrain of most of the forty-four stories here is grounded by a real preoccupation with longing, fear, work, loneliness, and cultural nostalgia. These universal concerns are given exhilarating life by way of Powellâs Âwit, his . . . dazzling turns of phraseâ (Scott Spencer).
Padgett Powellâs language is both lofty and low-down, his tone cranky and heartfelt, exuberant and inconsolable. His characters rebel against convention and ambition, hoping to maintain their very sanity by doing so. Even the most hilarious or fantastical stories in Cries for Help, Various ring gloriously, poignantly, true.
"Rifles through fear, identity, meaning, and cultural memory in forty-four short, surreal stories." ÂVanity Fair
"By turns moving, funny, and maddening . very much in the key of Donald Barthelme." ÂThe New York Times Book Review
"Somehow both grounded and absurd, each one of the stories trying get at that heart of the confusion and sadness at the core of contemporary life." ÂVICE
From the highly acclaimed author of Edisto and The Interrogative Mood, Padgett Powellâs new collection of stories, Cries for Help, Various, follows his mentor Donald Barthelmeâs advice that Âwacky modeâ must Âbreak their hearts.â The surrealistic and comical terrain of most of the forty-four stories here is grounded by a real preoccupation with longing, fear, work, loneliness, and cultural nostalgia. These universal concerns are given exhilarating life by way of Powellâs Âwit, his . . . dazzling turns of phraseâ (Scott Spencer).
Padgett Powellâs language is both lofty and low-down, his tone cranky and heartfelt, exuberant and inconsolable. His characters rebel against convention and ambition, hoping to maintain their very sanity by doing so. Even the most hilarious or fantastical stories in Cries for Help, Various ring gloriously, poignantly, true.
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from Catapult (September 8, 2015)
9781936787319 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Vanity Fair "Rifles through fear, identity, meaning, and cultural memory in forty-four short, surreal stories.
About: Named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR and Vanity Fair "Rifles through fear, identity, meaning, and cultural memory in forty-four short, surreal stories.
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