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Title: |
Too-Brief Chronicle of Judah Lowe |
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| By (author): |
Christopher Carter Sanderson |
| ISBN10-13: |
0986144541 : 9780986144547 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
214 |
| Weight: |
.316 Kg. |
| Published: |
Sagging Shorts - December 2015 |
| List Price: |
14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Subjects: |
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| The formal playfulness of Christopher Carter Sanderson's novel is visually apparent at a glance. It consists of two parts, each composed of a series of short fragments. The first part, 79/79/'79, has 79 titled sections of 79 words each, and is set in 1979. The second, @1000thenovel, is set in 1980, and consists of roughly 1000 tweets of 140 characters each; the story also has 140 characters. The book is far more, however, than a formalist game. It is a deeply affecting Bildungsroman in which an adolescent explores many different windows into himself and his emerging world, and where the unity and plurality of experience are vividly encountered together. It's a masterful experiment in the best sense, and a deeply affecting story. |
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"A persuasive rendering of the aimlessness, corruption and squalor of adolescent life in America. Sanderson’s Judah Lowe powerfully reminds us that opportunity and privilege are no substitute for a viable path to one’s own redemption.” -- Yoram Hazony, author of "The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture"
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“An unusual bildungsroman that mostly transcends the limitations of its formats.” -- Kirkus
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“A Proust in Princeton." -- Matthew Gasda, author of "Moon on Water"
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“Fascinating! The best ever hyper-reality depiction of a certain type of high school experience experienced by those who grow up to write Twitter novels.” -- Anne Kadet, Wall Street Journal
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