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Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204148
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers written by Stanley Elkin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This imagination of Elkin’s sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks, and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny.” —The New York Times Each of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people—the troubled and the troublemakers. In “The Guest,” a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. “In the Alley” tells the story of a terminally ill man who begrudgingly outlives his initial prognosis. And the satiric “I Look Out for Ed Wolfe” features a charismatic salesman auctioning off his life’s possessions in order to determine his value in the world. Laced with wit, Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers is a keenly observed collection that puts Elkin’s comic artistry on full display. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers written by Stanley Elkin and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers written by Stanley Elkin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Companion to Literature

Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143812743X
Total Pages : 859 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Companion to Literature written by Abby H. P. Werlock and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."

Shouting Down the Silence

Author : David C Dougherty
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091019
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Shouting Down the Silence written by David C Dougherty and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shouting Down the Silence presents the first complete biography of Stanley Elkin, a preeminent novelist who consistently won high marks from critics but whose complexities of style seemed destined to elude the popular acclaim he hoped to attain. From the publication of his second novel, A Bad Man, in 1967 to his death in 1995, Elkin was tormented by the desire for both material and artistic success. Elkin's novels were taught in colleges and universities, his fiction received high praise from critics and reviewers (two of his novels won National Book Critics Circle Awards), and his short stories were widely anthologized--and yet he was unable to achieve renown beyond the avant-garde, or to escape the stigma of being an "academic writer." He wanted to be Faulkner, but he had trouble being Elkin. Drawing on personal interviews and an intimate knowledge of Elkins's life and works, David C. Dougherty captures Elkin's early life as the son of a charismatic, intimidating, and remarkably successful Jewish immigrant from Russia, as well as his later career at Washington University in St. Louis. A frequent participant at the annual Bread Loaf Writers' conference, he was the friend--and sometime antagonist--of other important writers, particularly Saul Bellow, William Gass, Howard Nemerov, and Robert Coover. Despite failed attempts to bridge the gap from his academic post to wide popular success, Elkin continued to write essays, stories, and novels that garnered unerring praise. His was a classic dilemma of an intellectual aesthete loath to make use of the common devices of popular appeal. The book details the ambition, the success, the friction, and the foibles of a writer who won fame, but not the fame he wanted.

The Living End

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204407
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Living End written by Stanley Elkin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elkin’s darkly comic novel of the afterlife—the story of one man’s redemptive journey to hell and back When he is killed during a holdup at his Minneapolis liquor store, Ellerbee’s bad luck is only beginning. After a short stint in heaven, Ellerbee is banished to hell, abruptly and without explanation. What follows is a surreal and memorable adventure that brings Ellerbee face-to-face not only with his murderer’s accomplice, but also with God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and a host of others, all in his quest for salvation unlike any other. Moving and witty, The Living End is a hilarious send-up of afterlife clichés and a masterful exploration of the absurdities of human existence. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

Pieces of Soap: Essays

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1941040381
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Pieces of Soap: Essays written by Stanley Elkin and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a wickedly witty touch, Elkin’s essays takes readers on a tour of American life in the 20th century. Stanley Elkin was one of our great American writers. “A divine exploiter of the idiocies and intricacies of our language,” as John Irving put it, and nowhere is that more clear than this collection of essays, which find Elkin wresting hilarity and heartbreak from the most unlikely of sources.

Boswell

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204105
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Boswell written by Stanley Elkin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elkin’s striking debut: The story of one man’s comic attempts at immortality James Boswell is a professional strongman and a wrestler. He is also a loveable leech who amasses friends of wealth and influence as his own insurance policy against death, an obsession that leads him from coast to coast, crashing parties and mentioning any celebrity whose name will grant him an ounce of social currency. But when those around him begin dying, Boswell is forced to confront his own mortality and determine once and for all how to find permanence in an ephemeral world. Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Boswell is Elkin’s engaging novel of one man’s desperate attempts to outmaneuver death, and an acerbic take on the follies of the American Dream. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

Mrs. Ted Bliss

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204229
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Mrs. Ted Bliss written by Stanley Elkin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: This funny, poignant novel about the misadventures of a Miami Beach widow is “brilliant” (Los Angeles Times). After her beloved husband dies of cancer, Dorothy Bliss is consigned to a life of tedium, waiting out her remaining years in a Miami beachside community shared precariously by its Jewish and Latino residents. When Dorothy attends a series of parties intended to lighten the community’s racial tensions, she is unwittingly pulled into a world of drug smuggling, con artistry, and underground gambling—and a series of adventures that will renew her passion for life. At once heartfelt and hilarious, Mrs. Ted Bliss is a captivating novel of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances, reconciling the regrets of her past and rediscovering adventure in the twilight of her life. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

American Jewish Fiction

Author : Josh Lambert
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0827610025
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book American Jewish Fiction written by Josh Lambert and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader?s dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction. The selection includes a wide range of classic American Jewish novels and story collections, from 1867 to the present, selected by the author in consultation with a panel of literary scholars and book industry professionals. Roth, Mailer, Kellerman, Chabon, Ozick, Heller, and dozens of other celebrated writers are here, with their most notable works. Each entry includes a book summary, with historical context and background on the author. Suggestions for further reading point to other books that match readers? interests and favorite writers. And the introduction is a fascinating exploration of the history of and important themes in American Jewish Fiction, illustrating how Jewish writing in the U.S. has been in constant dialogue with popular entertainment and intellectual life. Included in this guide are lists of book award winners; recommended anthologies; title, author, and subject indexes; and more.

Edinburgh Companion to Modern Jewish Fiction

Author : David Brauner
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748646167
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Modern Jewish Fiction written by David Brauner and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical overviews of the main writers and key themes of Anglophone Jewish fiction; highlighting the rich diversity of the field, identifying key themes, analysing the main trends in Anglophone Jewish fiction and situating them in a historical context.

The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195110196
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories written by Ilan Stavans and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories" takes readers from the mid-1800s to the present, encompassing a full spectrum of Jewish writing around the world.

The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story

Author : Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231504950
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story written by Blanche H. Gelfant and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

Jewish Wry

Author : Sarah Blacher Cohen
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814323663
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Wry written by Sarah Blacher Cohen and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Jews of Eastern Europe came to the United States in the 19th century, they brought with them their own special humor. Developed in response to the dissonant reality of their lives, their self-critical humor served as a source of salvation, enabling them to endure a painful history with a sense of power. In America, the marginal status of immigrant Jews prompted them to use humor a a defense, exaggerating or mocking their ethnicity as events dictated. Jewish Wry examines the development of Jewish humor in a series of essays on topics that range from Sholom Aleichem's humor to Jewish comediennes through to the humor of Philip Roth. This important book offers enjoyable reading as well as a significant and scholarly contribution to the field.

Black-Jewish Relations in African American and Jewish American Fiction

Author : Adam Meyer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810842182
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Black-Jewish Relations in African American and Jewish American Fiction written by Adam Meyer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including 410 entries-drawn from over 100 years of novels, short stories, plays, and children's and young adult literature-this bibliography demonstrates both the extent and the richness of the fiction which has been written about Black-Jewish relations in America, thus enhancing our view of American ethnic literature as a whole.

Reading Stanley Elkin

Author : Peter J. Bailey
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252011726
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Reading Stanley Elkin written by Peter J. Bailey and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

Author : John Updike
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395843673
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Short Stories of the Century written by John Updike and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").