Writers

13 Vignettes

By: Barry Gifford

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Hardcover | 3 November 2015 | Edition Number 1

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128 Pages

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"In Writers- 13 Vignettes, great American storyteller Barry Gifford paints portraits of famous writers caught in imaginary vulnerable moments in their lives. In prose that is funny, grotesque, and a touch brutal, Gifford shows these writers at their most human, which is to say at their worst- they are liars, frauds, lousy lovers, and drunks. This is a world in which Emily Dickinson remains an unpublished poet, Ernest Hemingway drunkenly sets explosive trip wires outside his home in Havana, Marcel Proust implores the angel of death as a delirious Arthur Rimbaud lies dying in a hospital bed, and Albert Camus converses with a young prostitute while staring at himself in the mirror of a New York City hotel room. In Gifford's house of mirrors, we are offered a unique perspective on this group of literary greats. We see their obsessions loom large, and none more than a shared needling preoccupation with mortality. And yet these stories, which are meant to be performed as plays, are also tender and thoughtful exercises in empathy. Gifford asks- What does it means to devote oneself entirely to art? And as an artist, what defines success and failure?"

Industry Reviews

"Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular--William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly." -Jonathan Lethem

"The experience of reading Gifford is like starting a car and realizing, too late, that someone has cut its brake lines. A spectacular wreck is imminent, so you might as well enjoy the adrenaline rush..." -Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books

"Gifford cuts right through the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining... The way Barry Gifford does it, it's high art." -Elmore Leonard

"Gifford is a master." -Los Angeles Times

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