Demonology by Rick Moody

Demonology by Rick Moody

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

This collection of short stories takes many forms, from domestic comedy, to pseudo-fairytale and philosophical argument. The underlying elements linking them together concern loss and pleasure, and the difficulty of really expressing love. All the stories are characterized by an antic humour.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Demonology by Rick Moody

Demonology is the brilliant new collection of short stories by Rick Moody. Infused with a humane comic sense, these stories dig deep into American society and reveal the loss of connection that lurks under the surface.The stories are about language, grief, car crashes, love. They are cast in many diverse forms - domestic comedy, pseudo-fairy-tale, philosophical argument - but the underlying elements that link them together concern loss and pleasure, and the difficulty of really expressing love. Often they are fierce and unflinching - yet characterized by an antic humour and a vibrancy of language that is uniquely Rick Moody's.
Rick Moody was born in New York City and studied at Brown University and Columbia University. He has attracted considerable attention and received lavish praise for four books: Garden State (1992) (winner of the Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award), The Ice Storm (1994) (Ang Lee directed a film version released in 1997), Purple America (1997), heralded as Book of the Year by both the New York Times and New York Post and, most recently, his highly acclaimed collection of short stories, Demonology.New Yorker, the New York Times, Harper's, Esquire, the Paris Review, The Atlantic and he is a regular contributor to the on-line magazine, McSweeneys. He has taught at the State University of New York at Purchase, t
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780571204588
ISBN 10 0571204589
Title Demonology
Author Rick Moody
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2000-11-06
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.