The History of Luminous Motion
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The History of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield
Fiction. First published in 1989, this long-neglected cult classic features revisions, and a new afterword, by the author.A novel as mysterious, beautiful, sad and frightening as contemporary American childhood itself--and, fortunately, a good deal funnier. Bradfield's California is haunted by vast primordial Lovecraftian forces--death, sex, credit cards, Mom--which threaten always to emerge from their ancient hiding places and engulf the world and the narrator, eight-year old Phillip and his preteen Karamazov friends. Those who think they know all about California and Oedipal drives will here discover the true extent of their ignorance. The thing is indescribable--violent, hallucinatory, comic and incredibly well written. Scott Bradfield has not simply staked out new literary terrain here, he has mapped and colonized an entire new plant.--Michael Chabon
If you spot it, grab it.--J.G. Ballard
Scott Bradfield is the author of The History of Luminous Motion, Good Girl Wants It Bad, Hot Animal Love, The Secret Life of Houses, Dream of the Wolf, Greetings From Earth, What's Wrong with America, and Animal Planet.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780394578750 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394578759 |
| Title | The History of Luminous Motion |
| Author | Scott Bradfield |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1989-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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