The moon in its flight
Subtitle: stories
By: by Gilbert Sorrentino.
Publisher: Coffee House Press; Distributed to trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis; St. Paul, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Bearing his trademark balance between exquisitely detailed narration, ground-breaking form, and sharp insight into modern life, Gilbert Sorrentino's first-ever collection of stories spans thirty-five years of his writing career and contains both new stories and those that expanded and transformed the landscape of American fiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The moon in its flight; title: Decades; title: Land of cotton; title: The dignity of labor; title: The sea, caught in roses; title: A beehive arranged on humane principles; title: Pastilles; title: Allegory of innocence; title: Sample writing sample; title: Times without number; title: Subway; title: Facts and their manifestations; title: It's time to call it a day; title: Life and letters; title: Perdido; title: Lost in the stars; title: Psychopathology of everyday life; title: Gorgias; title: In loveland; title: Things that have stopped moving.