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Dalkey Archive Press (2011), Paperback, 304 pages
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Best known for his complex and beautiful novels--regularly compared to those of Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, and Don DeLillo--Joseph McElroy is equally at home in the short story, having written numerous pieces over the course of his career that now, collected at last, serve as an ideal introduction to one of the most important contemporary American authors. Combining elements of classic McElroy with tantalizing stories pointing the way ahead (the spare and dangerous "No Man's Land," the lush and mischievous "The Campaign Trail"), "Night Soul and Other Stories" presents a wide range of work from a monumental artist.
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LibraryThing member HadriantheBlind
My first McElroy. I'd rather dip my toe with the short stories rather than drown in Women and Men.
The thing that most struck me about these stories was their ephemeral, dream-like quality, a constant shifting of details yet you're absorbed in them. Many people go without names or are only
The one 'omission' is that these stories had no previous publishing information, but they all seemed relentless and contemporary. They have an astonishing diversity and depth. You really FEEL them, no matter how different they seem to be.
The thing that most struck me about these stories was their ephemeral, dream-like quality, a constant shifting of details yet you're absorbed in them. Many people go without names or are only
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introduced later. "On the Campaign Trail", an imagined tryst between Barack and Hillary, mentions no names.The one 'omission' is that these stories had no previous publishing information, but they all seemed relentless and contemporary. They have an astonishing diversity and depth. You really FEEL them, no matter how different they seem to be.
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304 p.; 7.9 inches
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1564786021 / 9781564786029