Raised in Captivity Fictional Nonfiction |
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| Author:
| Klosterman, Chuck |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7352-1792-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Penguin Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks...
More DescriptionIf Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers.