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Jesus' Son
Stories
by Denis Johnson
ISBN: 0060975776
ISBN-13: 9780060975777
Format: Paperback
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Summary
An acclaimed collection of hallucinatory linked stories about a young heroin addict/alcoholic in a small Midwestern town.
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"Reading these stories is like reading ticker tape from the subconscious. Johnson's syncopations are unlike any writer's that I know...." -- Marianne Wiggins
-- Nation
"Intense, vicious, and beautiful, these stories are fraught with the cutting, purposedly juxtaposed against the too-big sentimentality of the drunk. Denis Johnston is an exquisite writer." -- Mary Gaitskill
"Mr. Johnston takes loss through some kind of sound barrier, past which celebrations of joy and destitution appear. For clean line, for deftness, for hard honest comedy there is no better than Denis Johnston." -- Padgett Powell
"I read these stories with great thrill...Not since Barry Hannah's 'Wizardry', 'Airships' and 'Captain Maximus', have I been so invigorated by a mix of voice, language, and story. These stories terrify, warn and instruct." -- Rick Bass
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Perennial
Published date: 1993
Size: 4.25 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.2 pounds
Pages: 160
Publisher's Notes
An intense collection of interconnected stories that portray life through the eyes of a young man in a small Iowa town, by the author of Already Dead: A California Gothic, Angelsand Resuscitation of a Hanged Man.
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[ Edition: Reprint ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Harper Perennial Pub Date: 12/15/1993 Binding: Paperback Pages: 176 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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New York, NY: HARPER PERENNIAL. Very Good. 1993. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. 4 1/4" x 7" 0060975776 PAPERBACK In this collection of 11 short stories, the author presents a unique, hallucinatory vision of contemporary American life. Light wear at edges, a few small creases on book, lightly rubbed. . ( more information) Offered by Long Beach Books Inc. (United States)
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HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1993. {008886} Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson. ISBN 0060975776. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited in 1993. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo {Condition} VERY-GOOD+ Wraps: rubbing, edge wear and light creasing. Backstrip: rubbing. Binding: no creases. Text: bright pages. {Contents} Beverly Home; Car Crash While Hitchhiking; Dirty Wedding; Dundun; Emergency; Out On Bail; Steady Hands At Seattle General; The Other Man; Two Men; Work. {Keywords} FICTION_SHORT STORIES (single author) FICTION_GENERAL. ISBN: 0060975776. Mass Market Paperback. Very-Good+. 12mo. FICTION_SHORT STORIES (single author) FICTION_GENERAL. ( more information) Offered by TheWingCo (United States)
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