Synopses & Reviews
A kaleidoscopic collection of some of the most exuberant and imaginative fiction being written in this country today.
Synopsis
"Savor it for itself." --New York Times First published in 1986, American Made brought together experimental work by many of the most innovative authors of the day: Ronald Sukenick, Curtis White, Mark Leyner, Thomas Glynn, Larry McCaffery, George Chambers, Russell Banks, Jonathan Baumbach, Jerry Bumpus, Moira Crone, Raymond Federman, B. H Friedman, Marianne Hauser, Fanny Howe, Harold Jaffe, Steve Katz, Norman Lavers, Clarence Major, Ursule Molinaro, and Peter Spielberg.
Among the nineteen works in this collection, some retain the surface features of realistic fiction. Other present the unreal in ways akin to fable or allegory. Still others are metafiction that highlights the fiction-making process itself. American Made is labyrinth of visceral, particularized worlds, each emanating from its own rules, voices, ambiguities, and textures. They continue to revitalize readers' relationship to language itself.
About the Author
Mark Leyner (born 1956) is an American postmodernist author. He has worked as a columnist for Esquire and George magazines, and as a writer for the MTV program Liquid Television. He also co-wrote and voiced a short-lived series of audio fiction called Wiretap.
Table of Contents
The fish / R. Banks -- Passion? / J. Baumbach -- The Dirigible / J. Bumpus -- March 11 / G. Chambers -- Croch-eting / M. Crone -- Report from the World Federation of Displaced Writers / R. Federman -- Whispers / B.H. Fried-man -- The world's most amazing prophet, a.k.a. Wallace Mumford Amazon Polleau / T. Glynn -- The seersucker suit / M. Hauser -- The Ruth tractate / F. Howe -- Pelican /H. Jaffe -- The Zippo stories / S. Katz -- Rumors / N. Lavers -- Ode to Autumn / M. Leyner -- Tattoo / C. Major -- Apocalyptic flirtation / U. Molinaro -- Prognosis /P. Spielberg -- At this very instant / R. Sukenick --Howdy Doody is dead / C. White.