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Great American storyteller Barry Gifford paints portraits of famous writers caught in imaginary vulnerable moments in their lives.
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In Writers, great American storyteller Barry Gifford paints portraits of famous writers caught in imaginary vulnerable moments in their lives. In prose that is funny, grotesque, and a touch brutal, Gifford shows these writers at their most human, which is to say at their worst- they are liars, frauds, lousy lovers, and drunks. This is a world in which Ernest Hemingway drunkenly sets explosive trip wires outside his home in Cuba, Marcel Proust implores the angel of death as a delirious Arthur Rimbaud lies dying in a hospital bed, and Albert Camus converses with a young prostitute while staring at himself in the mirror of a New York City hotel room.In Gifford's house of mirrors, we are offered a unique perspective on this group of literary greats. We see their obsessions loom large, and none more than a shared needling preoccupation with mortality. And yet these stories, which are meant to be performed as plays, are also tender and thoughtful exercises in empathy. Gifford asks- What does it means to devote oneself entirely to art? And as an artist, what defines success and failure?
Author Biography
The author of more than forty works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into over twenty-five languages,BARRY GIFFORDwrites distinctly American stories for readers around the globe. From screenplays and librettos to his acclaimed Sailor and Lula novels, Gifford's writing is as distinctive as it is difficult to classify. Born in the Seneca Hotel on Chicago's Near North Side, he relocated in his adolescence to New Orleans. The move proved significant- throughout his career, Gifford's fiction-part-noir, part-picaresque, always entertaining-is born of the clash between what he has referred to as his "Northern Side" and "Southern Side." Gifford has been recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, the Writers Guild of America and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. His novelWild at Heartwas adapted into the 1990 Palme d'Or-winning film of the same name. Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Review
"Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular—William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly." –Jonathan Lethem"The experience of reading Gifford is like starting a car and realizing, too late, that someone has cut its brake lines. A spectacular wreck is imminent, so you might as well enjoy the adrenaline rush..." –Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books"Gifford cuts right through the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining... The way Barry Gifford does it, it's high art." –Elmore Leonard"Gifford is a master." –Los Angeles Times
Review Quote
"Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular--William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly." -Jonathan Lethem "The experience of reading Gifford is like starting a car and realizing, too late, that someone has cut its brake lines. A spectacular wreck is imminent, so you might as well enjoy the adrenaline rush..." -Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books "Gifford cuts right through the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining... The way Barry Gifford does it, it's high art." -Elmore Leonard "Gifford is a master." -Los Angeles Times
Description for Sales People
A collection of literary short stories featuring some of our best-loved and most iconic writers at their worst. Readers will enjoy seeing favourite authors placed in funny, grotesque and sometimes brutal situations. Barry Gifford is the author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Includes original artwork; Gifford's own black-and-white author sketches appear throughout. For readers of literary fiction and literature fans in general.
Details ISBN1609806492 Author Barry Gifford Short Title WRITERS Language English ISBN-10 1609806492 ISBN-13 9781609806491 Media Book Format Hardcover Residence Berkeley, CA, US Birth 1946 Year 2015 Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Subtitle 13 Vignettes UK Release Date 2015-11-03 Publication Date 2015-11-03 AU Release Date 2015-11-03 NZ Release Date 2015-11-03 US Release Date 2015-11-03 Narrator Susan McInearny Illustrator Jim Lee Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications PsyD Pages 130 Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. DEWEY 813.6 Audience General Illustrations 1 Illustrations We've got this
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