Night Train: New and Selected Stories
Autor Thom Jones Introducere de Amy Bloomen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2019
A
posthumous
and
definitive
collection
of
new
and
selected
stories
by
"virtuoso
of
the
short
story"
(Esquire)
and
National
Book
Award
finalist
Thom
Jones
"Jones
was
an
oracle
.
.
.
It's
impossible
not
to
marvel
at
the
urgency
of
these
stories."
--Wall
Street
Journal
This
scorching
collection
from
award-winning
author
Thom
Jones
features
his
best
new
short
fiction
alongside
a
selection
of
outstanding
stories
from
three
previous
books.
Jones's
stories
are
full
of
high-octane,
prose-drunk
entertainment.
His
characters
are
grifters
and
drifters,
rogues
and
ne'er-do-wells,
would-be
do-gooders
whose
human
frailties
usually
get
the
better
of
them.
Some
are
lovable,
others
are
not,
but
each
has
an
indelible
and
irresistible
voice.
They
include
Vietnam
soldiers,
amateur
boxers,
devoted
doctors,
strung-out
advertising
writers,
pill
poppers
and
veterans
of
the
psych
ward,
and
an
unforgettable
adolescent
DJ
radio
host,
among
others.
The
stories
here
are
excursions
into
a
unique
world
that
veers
between
abject
desperation
and
fleeting
transcendence.
Perhaps
no
other
writer
in
recent
memory
could
encapsulate
in
such
short
spaces
the
profound
and
the
devastating,
the
poignant
and
the
hallucinatory,
with
such
an
exquisite
balance
of
darkness
and
light.
Jones's
fiction
reveals
again
and
again
the
resilience
and
grace
of
characters
who
refuse
to
succumb.
In
stories
that
can
at
once
delight
us
with
their
wicked
humor
and
sting
us
with
their
affecting
pathos,Night
Trainperfectly
captures
the
essence
of
this
iconic
American
master,
showcasing
in
a
single
collection
the
breadth
of
power
of
his
inimitable
fiction.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316449366
ISBN-10: 0316449369
Pagini: 432
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316449369
Pagini: 432
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Thom
Jones
was
a
National
Book
Award
finalist,
O.
Henry
Award
winner,
and
the
author
of
the
three
story
collectionsThe
Pugilist
at
Rest,Cold
Snap,
andSonny
Liston
Was
a
Friend
of
Mine.
He
received
an
MFA
from
the
University
of
Iowa
in
1973,
and
worked
an
array
of
jobs
from
copywriter
to
janitor
until
he
was
published
for
the
first
time,
inThe
New
Yorker,
in
his
mid-forties.
His
stories
went
on
to
be
published
in
other
magazines
such
asHarper's,
Esquire,Playboy,
andStoryas
well.
Jones
died
in
2016
and
was
eulogized
inThe
New
Yorkerby
Joyce
Carol
Oates.
Recenzii
"There's
a
feeling
of
magic
at
work,
as
though
Jones
was
an
oracle
channeling
the
voices
of
his
crazed,
raucously
funny,
deeply
damaged
gallery
of
characters
.
.
.
It's
impossible
not
to
marvel
at
the
urgency
of
these
stories.
Reviewers
like
to
say
that
good
writing
feels
alive,
but
living
things
are
subject
to
the
laws
of
decay,
and
the
miracle
of
literature
is
that
the
truly
great
stuff
has
no
half-life.
It
doesn't
fade
or
stale
or
ossify
.
.
.
Immortality
is
too
much
to
demand
of
anyone's
work,
of
course,
and
yet
there
are
moments
in
Jones's
stories
where
the
writing
seems
capable
of
transcending
the
forces
of
destruction
it
so
unforgettably
evokes."—Sam
Sacks,
Wall
Street
Journal
"What keeps drawing me into Jones's stories is the precision of his language . . . Jones knew that the short story has to present a bang rather than build up to it, as the novel does . . . Like Alice Munro, he was able to pour thoughts and feelings into a small mold and boil them down until they had the complexity of a novel but much more sharpness . . . His stories show you states of mind that you may never have experienced. They are intensely lively and down to earth; adventurous, often harsh, but subtly self-effacing; both a generational portrait and a self-portrait of one of the strangest writers of our times."—Jane Smiley, Guardian
"Thom Jones was a master of the short story, a master of the same brand of incandescent, hallucinatory creation of voices that made his contemporary Denis Johnson famous. It is a great gift for all of us to have the best of his work, new and old, here in one place.Night Trainwill be an amazing discovery for anyone who cares about literature."—Philipp Meyer, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Son
"Thom Jones wrote like his hands were on fire. The stories collected inNight Trainare radioactive with soul, bleak humor, and savage truth. This book affirms Jones's standing as one of short fiction's timeless masters."—Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
"Jones has a distinctive voice that comes through often in raw, direct, almost driven language, as if he felt short of time. His mostly blue-collar characters were often fiercely alive, whether he was writing about soldiers, boxers, victims, or miscreants...At his best he offers a poignant, compelling view of the human condition."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A master of the form... Jones' style is characterized by compassion, surprising humor, and his characters and their determination to survive. This superb volume, richly introduced by Amy Bloom, will renew appreciation of Jones' literary power."—Booklist (starred review)
"A virtuoso of the short story."—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
"The stories in this collection are sometimes profane, sometimes hilarious, and always brilliant. Thom Jones was an extraordinary writer."—Kevin Powers, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of A Shout in the Ruins and The Yellow Birds
"Thom Jones is a one of a kind real deal genius. I would scream it from a skyscraper if it would help, I'd sell his books door to door just to let people know, and if I had enough copies I'd break into every motel and hotel I came across and leave a copy. He's one of America's great short story masters.'"—Willy Vlautin, author of Lean on Pete and Don't Skip Out On Me
"Like Denis Johnson or Barry Hannah, Thom Jones's fiction thrusts you into nerve-racking proximity with the wild, the broken and the sick. His stories are so funny and so sad, and too-little read these days. If you don't know his work, this is a great place to start. If you do, you'll be glad of the chance to tune in to the final transmissions from a unique writer."—Chris Power, author of Mothers
"What keeps drawing me into Jones's stories is the precision of his language . . . Jones knew that the short story has to present a bang rather than build up to it, as the novel does . . . Like Alice Munro, he was able to pour thoughts and feelings into a small mold and boil them down until they had the complexity of a novel but much more sharpness . . . His stories show you states of mind that you may never have experienced. They are intensely lively and down to earth; adventurous, often harsh, but subtly self-effacing; both a generational portrait and a self-portrait of one of the strangest writers of our times."—Jane Smiley, Guardian
"Thom Jones was a master of the short story, a master of the same brand of incandescent, hallucinatory creation of voices that made his contemporary Denis Johnson famous. It is a great gift for all of us to have the best of his work, new and old, here in one place.Night Trainwill be an amazing discovery for anyone who cares about literature."—Philipp Meyer, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Son
"Thom Jones wrote like his hands were on fire. The stories collected inNight Trainare radioactive with soul, bleak humor, and savage truth. This book affirms Jones's standing as one of short fiction's timeless masters."—Wells Tower, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
"Jones has a distinctive voice that comes through often in raw, direct, almost driven language, as if he felt short of time. His mostly blue-collar characters were often fiercely alive, whether he was writing about soldiers, boxers, victims, or miscreants...At his best he offers a poignant, compelling view of the human condition."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A master of the form... Jones' style is characterized by compassion, surprising humor, and his characters and their determination to survive. This superb volume, richly introduced by Amy Bloom, will renew appreciation of Jones' literary power."—Booklist (starred review)
"A virtuoso of the short story."—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire
"The stories in this collection are sometimes profane, sometimes hilarious, and always brilliant. Thom Jones was an extraordinary writer."—Kevin Powers, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of A Shout in the Ruins and The Yellow Birds
"Thom Jones is a one of a kind real deal genius. I would scream it from a skyscraper if it would help, I'd sell his books door to door just to let people know, and if I had enough copies I'd break into every motel and hotel I came across and leave a copy. He's one of America's great short story masters.'"—Willy Vlautin, author of Lean on Pete and Don't Skip Out On Me
"Like Denis Johnson or Barry Hannah, Thom Jones's fiction thrusts you into nerve-racking proximity with the wild, the broken and the sick. His stories are so funny and so sad, and too-little read these days. If you don't know his work, this is a great place to start. If you do, you'll be glad of the chance to tune in to the final transmissions from a unique writer."—Chris Power, author of Mothers