Counternarratives by John Keene Stories and Novellas Paperback New Directions

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Type
Short Stories
Book Series
New Directions Paperbook
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780811225526
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0811225526
ISBN-13
9780811225526
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219302767

Product Key Features

Book Title
Counternarratives
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), African American / General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
John Keene
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Counternarratives is an extraordinary work of literature. John Keene is a dense, intricate, and magnificent writer., Of the scope of William T. Vollmann or Samuel R. Delany, but with a kaleidoscopic intuition all its own, Counternarratives is very easily one of the most vividly imagined and vitally timed books of the year. I haven't felt so refreshed in quite a while as a reader., Keene exerts superb control over his stories, costuming them in the style of Jorge Luis Borges. Yet he preserves the undercurrent of excitement and pathos that accompanies his characters' persecution and their groping toward freedom., Counternarratives is an extraordinary work of literature. John Keene is a dense, intricate, and magnificent writer., Keene exerts superb control over his stories, costuming them in the style of Jorge Luis Borges. Yet he preserves the undercurrent of excitement and pathos that accompanies his characters' persecution and their groping toward freedom.
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Now in paperback, a bewitching collection of stories and novellas that are "suspenseful, thought-provoking, mystical, and haunting" (Publishers Weekly), Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives draws upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, and interrogation transcripts to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. "An Outtake" chronicles an escaped slave's take on liberty and the American Revolution; "The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows" presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in Haiti and a nineteenth-century Kentucky convent; "The Aeronauts" soars between bustling Philadelphia, still-rustic Washington, and the theater of the U. S. Civil War; "Rivers" portrays a free Jim meeting up decades later with his former raftmate Huckleberry Finn; and in "Acrobatique," the subject of a famous Edgar Degas painting talks back., Ranging from the 17th century to our current moment, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives' stories and novellas draw upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, interrogation transcripts, and speculative fiction to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. An Outtake chronicles an escaped slave s take on liberty and the American Revolution;"The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows" presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in a nineteenth-century Kentucky convent; "The Aeronauts" soars between bustling Philadelphia, still-rustic Washington, and the theater of the U.S. Civil War; Rivers, presents a free Jim meeting up decades later with his former raftmate Huckleberry Finn; and in "Acrobatique," the subject of a famous Edgar Degas painting talks back."

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