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The Possibility of Music
Stephen-Paul Martin
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Description for The Possibility of Music
Paperback. What would our post-9/11 society look like if it were viewed through a series of funhouse mirrors? This work presents an imaginative reconstruction of America in the early 21st century. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
The Possibility of Music is an imaginative reconstruction of America in the early 21st century. What would our post-9/11 society look like if it were viewed through a series of funhouse mirrors? Each of Stephen-Paul Martin's stories is a response to this question, a prose exploration that redefines what it means to write fiction in a world in which the Sistine Chapel has become the Mall of America. Nightmarish at times, playfully amusing at others, Martin's prose is relentlessly inventive and challenging, relocating the experimental tradition of Joyce, Kafka, Borges, and Marquez in a contemporary context in which intelligent communication ... Read more
The Possibility of Music is an imaginative reconstruction of America in the early 21st century. What would our post-9/11 society look like if it were viewed through a series of funhouse mirrors? Each of Stephen-Paul Martin's stories is a response to this question, a prose exploration that redefines what it means to write fiction in a world in which the Sistine Chapel has become the Mall of America. Nightmarish at times, playfully amusing at others, Martin's prose is relentlessly inventive and challenging, relocating the experimental tradition of Joyce, Kafka, Borges, and Marquez in a contemporary context in which intelligent communication ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fiction Collective 2
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Normal, United States
ISBN
9781573661348
SKU
V9781573661348
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About Stephen-Paul Martin
Stephen-Paul Martin is a widely published author of poetry (Things, Invading Reagan, Until it Changes), fiction (Instead of Confusion, The Gothic Twilight), and nonfiction. Currently Professor of English at San Diego State University, from 1980-1996 he edited Central Park magazine and taught at New York University.
Reviews for The Possibility of Music
Martin spins his arresting tales, tales full of surprises and yet reassuringly 'normal.' The Possibility of Music is a joy to read. - Marjorie Perloff ""Martin has, for many years, brilliantly wrestled with the problems posed by his own chosen material/experience. Entering his witty contemporary monologues, the reader unravels the great questions: does a person anticipate his or her own ... Read more