Synopses & Reviews
"One of the most unique and imaginative writers of his generation."--
USA Today Welcome to the many and fascinating worlds of Jonathan Lethem's striking story collection: A dead man extends his stay on Earth in order to support his family, but merely exists, zombielike, while here; basketball players wear exosuits that lend them the skills of old-time stars like Jordan and Chamberlain; a couple invites the avatars of all their old lovers to their engagement party as a last hurrah; and every time a man takes a lover, her world begins to unwind, until she loses her place in it completely. More wonder awaits in this marvelous collection from Jonathan Lethem, one of our most inventive writers and a recognized master of unforgettable fiction. "It is the less discernable minglings of the everyday with strange futurity that give Lethem's commonplace themes their awful power and lend his best stories an epic, lyrical power that makes them memorable."--
Los Angeles Times"One of our most inventive, stylish and sensuous writers."--
Entertainment Weekly Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including
Gun, With Occasional Music and
Fortress of Solitude. He is the recipient of many awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in Brooklyn and Maine.
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"One of the most unique and imaginative writers of his generation." USA Today
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"It is the less discernable minglings of the everyday with strange futurity that give Lethem's commonplace themes their awful power and lend his best stories an epic, lyrical power that makes them memorable." Los Angeles Times
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"Lethem has what musicians call 'chops'....He can mix and match prose styles and literary genres to create glittering fictional artifacts, each more different than the next." St. Petersburg Times
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"One of our most inventive, stylish and sensuous writers." Entertainment Weekly
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"One of the most fertile imaginations among America's young writers." San Francisco Chronicle
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"An author to be reckoned with." Newsweek
Synopsis
A dead man is brought back to life so he can support his family in "The Happy Man"; occasionally he slips into a zombielike state while his soul is tortured in Hell. In "Vanilla Dunk," future basketball players are given the skills of old-time stars like Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. And in "Forever, Said the Duck," stored computer personalities scheme to break free of their owners.In these and other stories in this striking collection, Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, draws the reader ever more deeply into his strange, unforgettable worlda trip from which there may be no easy return.
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A striking short story collection from "one of the most unique and imaginative writers of his generation" (USA Today)
Welcome to the many and fascinating worlds of Jonathan Lethem's striking story collection: A dead man extends his stay on Earth in order to support his family, only to suffer periodic out-of-body sojourns in Hell; basketball players wear suits that lend them the skills of old-time stars like Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain; a couple invites the avatars of all their old lovers to their engagement party as a last hurrah; and every time a man takes a lover, her world begins to unwind, until she loses her place in it completely.
In these and other stories in this collection, Jonathan Lethem, author of The Arrest and The Fortress of Solitude, draws the reader ever more deeply into his strange, unforgettable world--a trip from which there may be no easy return.
Synopsis
Welcome to the many and fascinating worlds of Jonathan Lethem's striking story collection: A dead man extends his stay on Earth in order to support his family, but merely exists, zombielike, while here; basketball players wear exosuits that lend them the skills of old-time stars like Jordan and Chamberlain; a couple invites the avatars of all their old lovers to their engagement party as a last hurrah; and every time a man takes a lover, her world begins to unwind, until she loses her place in it completely. More wonder awaits in this marvelous collection from Jonathan Lethem, one of our most inventive writers and a recognized master of unforgettable fiction.
About the Author
Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including Amnesia Moon, Gun, with Occasional Music, and You Don't Love Me Yet. He lives in New York.
Exclusive Essay
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