All the Sad Young Literary Men - Softcover

Gessen, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099513196 ISBN 13: 9780099513193

Publisher: Vintage, 2009

Synopsis

A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, All the Sad Young Literary Men charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith, as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle through the encouragement of the women who love and despise them to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame.

At every turn, at each character's misstep, this assured debut radiates with comedic warmth and biting honesty and signals the arrival of a brave and trenchant new writer.

About this title

Product Description:

A portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century that charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith, as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle through the encouragement of the women who love and despise them to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame.

Review:

"Intriguing and well-crafted...approaches greatness...his prose is cleanly wrought and carefully composed, smooth, funny and poignant" (Literary Review)

"A dazzling novel" (Guardian)

"Cruelty and affection and erudition and innocence are so perfectly balanced in these stories, they almost make me wish I were young again" (Jonathan Franzen)

"Marks a welcome entry into the American novel" (Independent)

"Smart, funny and compassionate: a near-perfect debut" (Lesley MacDowell The Herald)

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099513196
• ISBN 13: 9780099513193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256