num_pages: 278
description: "Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass — from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places is moving and necessary, not to mention frequently hilarious."— Miranda July A startlingly original voice announces itself immediately in this collection of award-winning stories. Tao Lin’s absorbing writing style matches a minimalist prose with a lyric sensibility, poignant compassion with a hysterical sense of humor, bitter reality with enchanting fantasy, and youthful outlandishness with a gentle, mature perceptiveness—all in shaped stories that are a tribute to the form. In a series of pinpoint portrayals, Lin’s tales depict young people in a surreal place between irresponsible youth and workaday adulthood, wanting to reject both cultures in order to craft something different. But such rebellion is harder than ever in a culture dominated by outrageousness, and Lin sensitively portrays the struggle in a way that is highly entertaining, impressively smart, and ultimately moving. It will leave some cheering the war against a dumbed-down culture, others laughing at the tactics, and all concerned feeling like they’ve got a new champion in Tao Lin. Tao Lin , also author of the novel Eeeee Eee Eeee , lives in New York City.
language: English
title: Bed
titlecomplete: Bed
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Humor, Contemporary, Novels, Short Story Collection, Literature, Poetry, American
ratings_count: 1840
places: Manhattan, New York City, New York, Florida, The United States of America
publisher: Melville House