The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill

The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill

Five thousand years on - and the Minotaur, or M as he is known to his colleagues, is working as a line chef at Grub's Rib in Carolina, keeping to himself, keeping his horns down, trying in vain to put his past behind him. He leads an ordered lifestyle in a shabby trailer park where he tinkers with cars, writes and re-writes to-do lists and observes the haphazard goings on around him. Outwardly controlled, M tries to hide his emotional turmoil as he is transported deeper into the human world of deceit, confusion and need.

A wry, melancholy, beautiful first novel* * Guardian * *
This is the most surreal slab of realism you will read all year. Unique and rather wonderful. * * Arena * *
Sherrill is a beautiful writer . . . he finds the drama to keep you reading, your heart in your mouth, to the conclusion's defiant roar of hope. * * Daily Telegraph * *
Exceptional . . .Steven Sherrill uses M as the vehicle for a finely observed and compassionate portrayal of humanity in all its guises. * * Irish Independent * *
Sherrill's narrative, with its dreamlike pace, shows myth coexisting with reality as naturally as it does in ancient epic. * * Publisher's Weekly * *

STEVEN SHERRILL is an Assistant Professor of English at Penn State, Altoona, earned an MFA in Poetry from Iowa Writers' Workshop and was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Fiction in 2002. His work has appeared in Best American Poetry, The Kenyon Review and The Georgia Review. He lives in Pennsylvania.

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ISBN 13	9781841954875
ISBN 10	184195487X
Titre	The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break
Auteur	Steven Sherrill
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Canongate Books
Année de publication	2004-03-29
Nombre de pages	320
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