Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers by Stanley Elkin (English) Paperback

Description: Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers by Stanley Elkin "This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny."-The New York Times FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description These nine stories reveal a dazzling variety of styles, tones and subject matter. Among them are some of Stanley Elkin's finest, including the fabulistic "On a Field, Rampant," the farcical "Perlmutter at the East Pole," and the stylized "A Poetics for Bullies." Despite the diversity of their form and matter, each of these stories shares Elkin's nimble, comic, antic imagination, a dedication to the value of form and language, and a concern with a single theme: the tragic inadequacy of a simplistic response to life. Author Biography Stanley Elkin a two-time recipient of the National Book Critics CircleAward is widely regarded as one of Americas most importantcontemporary writers. During his lifetime he wrote more than a dozennovels and short-story collections, including "The Magic Kingdom, The Franchiser, " and "The Dick Gibson Show". Review Stanley Elkin is one of the bigs of American comic fiction, which puts him in a small room with wonderful company. His work is funny and moral and wildly adventurous, and this early rambunctious collection will please admirers of The Dick Gibson Show and The Living End. --Garrison Keillor A master storyteller of formidable imagination and stunning insight. His stories sparkle. Ive spent days reading (and rereading) these superb stories. There are indeed some giants in the English language, and I now count Elkin among them. Stanley Elkin has a remarkable talent, composed of many important virtues: originality, wit, insight, an unusually sharp eye for irony, verbal exuberance, precision, detachment. I did not read one of his nine stories without absorption, even renewed expectation. These nine stories have no missteps, nothing that does not contribute to the artfulness of the storytelling. Virtually any story in this collection contains more art than 98% of the thousands of novels published in this country in the past five years. Elkins stories are fully realized expressions of the comic sense of tragedy. Review Text "Virtually any story in this collection contains more art than 98% of the thousands of novels published in this country in the past five years. Elkins stories are fully realized expressions of the comic sense of tragedy." Details ISBN1564782344 Author Stanley Elkin Short Title CRIERS & KIBITZERS KIBITZERS & Pages 272 Publisher Dalkey Archive Press Series American Literature (Dalkey Archive) Language English ISBN-10 1564782344 ISBN-13 9781564782342 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-06-30 Residence US Birth 1930 Death 1995 Imprint Dalkey Archive Press Place of Publication Normal, IL Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781564782342 NZ Release Date 2000-06-15 US Release Date 2000-06-15 UK Release Date 2000-07-13 AU Release Date 2000-09-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168562560;

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