The Museum at the End of the World
Autor John Metcalfen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2016
"John Metcalf comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experience as a writer can get."—Alice Munro
Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, the stories in this collection span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, Metcalf paints a portrait of twentieth-century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth.
John Metcalf is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including Standing Stones: Selected Stories, Adult Entertainment, Going Down Slow, and Kicking Against the Pricks.
Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, the stories in this collection span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, Metcalf paints a portrait of twentieth-century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth.
John Metcalf is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including Standing Stones: Selected Stories, Adult Entertainment, Going Down Slow, and Kicking Against the Pricks.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781771961073
ISBN-10: 1771961074
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 133 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: BIBLIOASIS
Colecția Biblioasis
ISBN-10: 1771961074
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 133 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: BIBLIOASIS
Colecția Biblioasis
Recenzii
“If you yearn for comedy worthy of Waugh, or Powell, or Wodehouse, relish his savage wit. If you suspect that our culture has easily forgotten and carelessly dismissed things of real value, let Metcalf remind you what they are. The Museum at the End of the World is a wise book written by a master of short fiction, a celebration of the painstaking, exhilarating business of making art.” —Guy Vanderhaeghe, author of Daddy Lenin and Other Stories
Notă biografică
John Metcalf was Senior Editor at the Porcupine's Quill until 2005, and is now Fiction Editor at Biblioasis. A scintillating writer, a magisterial editor, and a noted anthologist, he is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including Standing Stones: Selected Stories, Adult Entertainment, Going Down Slow and Kicking Against the Pricks. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, Myrna.
Descriere
Humorous but deeply felt stories spanning the life-long career of a writer, painting a memorable portrait of the literary life.