Confessions of a Crap Artist (unknown)
Confessions of a Crap Artist is one of Philip K. Dick's weirdest and most accomplished novels. Jack Isidore is a crap artist -- a collector of crackpot ideas (among other things, he believes that the earth is hallow and that sunlight has weight) and worthless objects, a man so grossly unequipped...
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Confessions of a Crap Artist is one of Philip K. Dick's weirdest and most accomplished novels. Jack Isidore is a crap artist -- a collector of crackpot ideas (among other things, he believes that the earth is hallow and that sunlight has weight) and worthless objects, a man so grossly unequipped for real life that his sister and brother-in-law feel compelled to rescue him from it. But seen through Jack's murderously innocent gaze, Charlie and Juddy Hume prove to be just as sealed off from reality, in thrall to obsessions that are slightly more acceptable than Jack's, but a great deal uglier.
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Format: unknown
ISBN:
9780960142828 (0960142827)
Publish date: May 1st 1978
Publisher: Bookpeople, distributer
Pages no: 171
Edition language: English
Zwykle relacje międzyludzkie są trudne. A przynajmniej wymagające. Pomysł na opis toksycznego związku, miałkich charakterów i ludzi słabych emocjonalnie potrzebujących przewodnika do poruszania się w codzienności (nawet jeśli jest on przywódcą czegoś w rodzaju sekty) – to wszystko nie nowość. WYZNAN...
From the first sentence onward, you know you are not listening to an ordinary story written by an ordinary writer.This is my first introduction to the author, Philip K. Dick, and it won't be my last. He's noted for his science fiction and this story only skirts around the edges of that genre. Things...