American Genius, A Comedy

American Genius, A Comedy
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781593763176
ISBN-13 : 1593763174
Rating : 4/5 (174 Downloads)

Book Synopsis American Genius, A Comedy by : Lynne Tillman

Download or read book American Genius, A Comedy written by Lynne Tillman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grand and minute, elegiac and hilarious, Lynne Tillman expands the possibilities of the American novel in this dazzling read about a former historian ruminating on her own life and the lives of others--named a best book of the century by Vulture. In the hypnotic, masterful American Genius, A Comedy, a former historian spending time in a residential home, mental institute, artist’s colony, or sanitarium, is spinning tales of her life and ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, textiles, pet deaths, family trauma, a lost brother, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, loneliness, memory, and sensitive skin--and what “sensitivity” means in our culture and society. Showing what might happen if Jane Austen were writing in 21st-century America, Tillman fashions a microcosm of American democracy: a scholarly colony functioning like Melville's Pequod. All this is folded into the narrator's memories and emotional life, culminating in a seance that may offer escape and transcendence--or perhaps nothing at all. This new edition of a contemporary classic features an introduction by novelist Lucy Ives.


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