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Jesus' Son

by Denis Johnson · 1992

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Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory vision of contemporary American life unmatched in power and immediacy and marks a new level of achievement for this acclaimed writer. In their intensity of perception, their neon-lit evocation of a strange world brought uncomfortably close to our own, the stories in Jesus' Sonoffer a disturbing yet eerily beautiful portrayal of American loneliness and hope.

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Contains:

Car Crash While Hitchhiking

Two Men

Out on Bail

Dundun

Work

Emergency

Dirty Wedding

The Other Man

Happy Hour

Steady Hands at Seattle General

Beverly Home'

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
addictionaddictionMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Mood
thought provokingthought provokingMore like thisLess of thisfunnyfunnyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thispoetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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