AltWeeklies Wire
B.S. Johnson's 'The Unfortunates' is Resurrectednew
In his unique 1969 narrative The Unfortunates (New Directions) finally published in May for the first time in the United States, Johnson pursued the question of how creating a novel that would not be bound by conventions might necessitate a book that would not even be bound between covers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
07-07-2008 |
Fiction
Judith Freeman Channels Chandlernew
Freeman's nonbiography uses real estate as a Ouija board.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-19-2007 |
Fiction
Phantasmagoric Landscapes Haunt Denis Johnson's New Novelnew
Tree of Smoke, the author's seventh novel and his first since The Name of the World seven years ago, offers all manner of characters with turbulent and twisted psyches in a Vietnam that resembles a sort of historical fugue state.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
09-28-2007 |
Fiction
The Boy Who Lived Onnew
With tears and laughter, Harry Potter comes to an end.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
07-27-2007 |
Fiction
Battlegroundsnew
The U.S. of Vertigo Comics' new graphic novel is a tattered remnant of its former self, but it stubbornly, even savagely, clings to the trappings of the culture we have now.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Into the Light of 'Day'new
At the start of one century, Pynchon's latest novel illuminates the dawn of the last.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
Odyssean Tasknew
The Suitors delves into Homer's tale for a modern rumination on desire.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ben Ehrenreich, The Suitors
