“Nothing sudden is happening here. More is just suddenly being revealed.” ― Denis Johnson from The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson writes in a way that seems so matter-of-fact that the beauty is both shocking and expected all at the same time. Every time I’ve read his work, I chastise myself for...
Like Philip Seymour Hoffman in the movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead but better. Writing in what some reviewers have called "hallucinatory" prose, Johnson loves these tender, broken men (and their women) beyond reasoning.
A collection of short stories selected by Murakami. Even when all of them are related to birthdays, each one is unique, and they produce different emotions to the reader. I loved this book for this reason, and it was a practical introduction to other authors´ work that I will read later.
Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son is the strangest collection I have ever read. Even though they're stories, they're connected. The stories are narrated by a junkie, F.H. (not his real name, but in time you'll find out exactly what F.H. stands for). Stories begin and end without warning, almost giving the ...
Having just finished this on audiobook (compelled to do so by the recent New Yorker podcast reading and discussion of it), I am ready to start again at the beginning and listen again. So many great lines just dropped on you when you least expect it. Images I won't forget for a while - I hope.
A collection of short stories with one theme in common: they're all about birthdays - and yet they are nothing alike.The collection is dipped in a sea of melancholia and sadness, as birthdays are often associated with reflections and a profound outlook on the life that has passed by. People find the...
Jesus' Son was a rather interesting read. The stories contained within the volume all appear related, yet there doesn't seem to be any order as far as the timeline goes. Then again, the stories are from the point of view of a "fucktard". Reading the praise on the back cover, given by various publica...
Denis Johnson made his name as a poet, a fact which shed a lot of light on my reading here. The book is beautifully written. Really, the writing is just wonderful and carries you through a lot of other elements that just did not quite come together for me. His descriptions are beautiful and hyper-fo...
Johnson brought back memories of my own trips to Alaska, flying in float planes in terrible storms, wanting to always fly with the experienced old pilot who had crashed numerous times only because he knew how to survive them, the old Beaver cargo planes, wilderness jaunts, loggers, whiskey, and barg...
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