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Pricksongs & Descants

By Robert , Coover

Book information

Publisher
Plume
Year
1969
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
29 MB (29908095 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
256\260
Topic
Literature Fiction
Time added
2021-09-16 14:50:09
US Experimental Fiction

Description

Exemplifying the best in narrative art, Robert Coover's brilliant collection PRICKSONGS & DESCANTS tells good stories and tells them well. These fictions challenge the assumptions of our age; they use the fabulous to probe beyond randomly perceived events, beyond mere history. They are weapons that counterpoint our consciousness, that show us the need for new modes of perception. [From the back cover] THE DOOR: A Prologue of Sorts 13 THE MAGIC POKER 20 MORRIS IN CHAINS 46 THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE 61 SEVEN EXEMPLARY FICTIONS 76 Dedicatoria y Prologo a don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 76 1 Panel Game 79 2 The Marker 88 3 The Brother 92 4 In a Train Station 98 5 Klee Dead 104 6 J's Marriage 112 7 The Wayfarer 120 THE ELEVATOR 125 ROMANCE OF THE THIN MAN AND THE FAT LADY 138 QUENBY AND OLA, SWEDE AND CARL 150 THE SENTIENT LENS 168 1 Scene for "Winter" 168 2 The Milkmaid of Samaniego 174 3 The Leper's Helix 179 A PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT 183 THE BABYSITTER 206 THE HAT ACT 240

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