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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Twenty-five years after Jesus' Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson NATIONAL BESTSELER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY Dwight Garner, The New York Times - Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air - Chicago Tribune - Newsday - New York - Vulture - AV Club - Publishers Weekly Ranks with the best fiction published by any American writer during this short century.--New York A posthumous masterpiece.--Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - NPR - The Boston Globe - New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews - Bloomberg The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Finished shortly before Johnson's death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come. Praise for The Largesse of the Sea Maiden An instant classic.--NewsdayExceptional luminosity . . . hits a powerful vein.--The New York Times Book Review
Grace and oblivion are inextricably yoked in these transcendent stories. . . . Johnson's] gift is to extract the beauty in all that brokenness.--The Wall Street Journal Nobody ever wrote like Denis Johnson. Nobody ever came close. . . . We're just left with this miraculous book, these perfect stories, the last words from one of the world's greatest writers.--NPR
Johnson, Denis: - Denis Johnson is the author of The Name of the World, Already Dead, Jesus' Son, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, and Angels. His poetry has been collected in the volume The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly. He is the recipient of a Lannan Fellowship and a Whiting Writer's Award, among many other honors for his work. He lives in northern Idaho.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780812988635 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812988639 |
| Title | The Largesse of the Sea Maiden |
| Author | Denis Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2018-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |