A Strange Commonplace
By: Gilbert Sorrentino.
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: May 1, 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781566891820
Subjects: Suburban life -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Borrowing its title from a William Carlos Williams poem, A Strange Commonplace lays bare the secrets and dreams of characters whose lives are intertwined by coincidence and necessity, possessions and experience. Ensnared in a jungle of city streets and suburban bedroom communities from the boozy 1950s to the culturally vacuous present, lines blur between families and acquaintances, violence and love, hope and despair. As fathers try to connect with their children, as writers struggle for credibility, as wives walk out, and as an old man plays Russian roulette with a deck of cards, their stories resonate with poignancy and savage humor--familiar, tragic, and cathartic."--Publisher's website.