The Gospel of Anarchy: A Novel - Brossura

Taylor, Justin

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ISBN 10: 0061881821 ISBN 13: 9780061881824

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2011

Riassunto

A group of self-proclaimed anarchist youths living on the outskirts of Gainesville, Florida, in 1999 decide to start a religion based on the scrawled journal of a local homeless person. A first novel. Original. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A brilliant debut novel you have to read.” (Details)

“[A] thoughtful miniaturist with an intuitive knack for the well-chosen detail....Taylor’s noble goal is to remind those of us long past our own difficult youths of the grace and beauty to be found even in a ‘bunch of drunkpunks in the armpit of Florida.’” (New York Times Book Review)

“If Claire Messud’s The Emperor’s Children showed upper-class New Yorkers in the not-yet upended world before 9/11, this book does the same for the small-town anarchists, believers and the Burning Man-inclined.” (Los Angeles Times)

“Once again, Taylor blends the competing heat of religious fervor, threatening politics, and nihilistic sex, yielding dangerous results.” (Oxford American)

“Remember this name: Justin Taylor. You will hear it again. This young man, who was raised in South Florida, is an irrefutably talented writer. He is audacious, intelligently literate and fizzing with potential.” (Miami Herald)

“Gospel is a beautifully written, insanely intelligent, and ultimately moving novel....You’ll be blown away by this book, re-reading it for years to come. ” (BlackBook)

“Taylor is an undeniable talent with a contemporary voice that this new generation of skeptics has long awaited--a young champion of literature.” (New York Press)

“For those of us not mired in strange sub-sub-culture squalor, it can be a disconcerting read at times, but its looming questions and cracked worldview are sure to stick around in your consciousness, relentlessly stalking a ground they won’t give up anytime soon.” (Nylon Magazine)

“Taylor’s writing ... is exceptionally good. Locally, the sentences are incisive and tumbling. But what’s even more powerful is the way those sentences accumulate into larger ideas.” (BookForum)

“These days, all the cool kids write about pharmaceuticals and cognitive science. In his first novel, The Gospel of Anarchy, Justin Taylor makes his attempt to diagnose the mal du siècle by grappling with matters of faith.” (New York Observer)

L'autore:

Justin Taylor is the author of the story collection Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever and the novel The Gospel of Anarchy. He lives in New York City.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061881821
• ISBN 13: 9780061881824
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240