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Jesus' Son

By Denis Johnson
Series: Picador Modern Classics
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Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson is a collection of interconnected short stories that follow a young man's journey through a gritty and chaotic world filled with addiction, violence, and moments of unexpected grace. The protagonist, often referred to simply as "Fuckhead," navigates a series of surreal and poignant encounters, capturing the raw and fractured essence of life on society's fringes. This collection vividly portrays the struggles and fleeting beauty found in the lives of its unconventional characters.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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If you enjoy raw and poetic storytelling that delves into the human condition, this book may be a captivating read for you. Set in a gritty underworld, it weaves together tales of loss, love, and redemption through the lives of flawed, unforgettable characters. Its vivid prose and haunting atmosphere make it a compelling exploration of life's darker edges and emotional depths.

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An intense collection of interconnected stories that portray life through the eyes of a young man in a small Iowa town, by the author of Angels and Resuscitation of a Hanged Man. Each story's perception distinguishes Johnson's hauntingly beautiful vision of American life.

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American master Denis Johnson's nationally bestselling collection of blistering and indelible tales about America's outcasts and wanderers.

Denis Johnson's now classic story collection Jesus' Son chronicles a wild netherworld of addicts and lost souls, a violent and disordered landscape that encompasses every extreme of American culture. These are stories of transcendence and spiralling grief, of hallucinations and glories, of getting lost and found and lost again. The insights and careening energy in Jesus' Son have earned the book a place of its own among the classics of twentieth-century American literature. It was adapted into a critically-praised film in 1999.

Series: Picador Modern Classics

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780312428747

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 February 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 136g

Pages: 144

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Denis Johnson Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: Picador Modern Classics

About the Author

Denis Johnson (1949-2017) is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award.

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