Lucky Alan : and other stories
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New York : Doubleday, [2015].
ISBN
9780385539814, 0385539819
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | FICTION LETHEM, J. | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | FIC LETHEM, J. | On Shelf |
La Grange Park Public Library District - Main Level | FIC LETHEM | On Shelf |
Park Forest Public Library - Stacks | Fic LET | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2015].
Format
Book
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157 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780385539814, 0385539819
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"Jonathan Lethem's third collection of stories uncovers a father's nervous breakdown at SeaWorld in "Pending Vegan"; a foundling child rescued from the woods during a blizzard in "Traveler Home"; a political prisoner in a hole in a Brooklyn street in "Procedure in Plain Air"; and a crumbling, haunted "blog" on a seaside cliff in "The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear." Each of these locates itself in Lethem-land, which can be discovered only by visiting. As in his celebrated novels, Lethem finds the uncanny lurking in the mundane, the irrational self-defeat seeping through our upstanding pursuits, and the tragic undertow of the absurd world(s) in which we live. Devoted fans of Lethem will recognize familiar themes: the anxiety of influence taken to reductio ad absurdum in "The King of Sentences"; a hapless, horny outsider summoning bravado in "The Porn Critic"; characters from forgotten comics stranded on a desert island in "Their Back Pages." As always in Lethem, humor and poignancy work in harmony, humans strive desperately for connection, words find themselves misaligned to deeds, and the sentences are glorious" --,provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lethem, J. (2015). Lucky Alan: and other stories (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lethem, Jonathan. 2015. Lucky Alan: And Other Stories. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lethem, Jonathan. Lucky Alan: And Other Stories Doubleday, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lethem, Jonathan. Lucky Alan: And Other Stories First edition., Doubleday, 2015.
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