YOU & I - Softcover

POWELL, PADGETT

3.39

512 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846688175 ISBN 13: 9781846688171

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2013

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'When asked for a list of the best young American writers, I invariably put Padgett Powell at the top' Saul Bellow

This book is a conversation, apparently on a porch, between two men who may be difficult to grasp. They move together in aimless convenient debate, coming to conclusions that don't conclude but to positions that may not be finally so aimless. They disagree to agree. They are smart, not smart; fools, not fools.

Poignant, hilarious, opaque, diamond-clear, this strange little gem is sure to delight the thousands of devotees found by Powell's The Interrogative Mood.

'When we first came across Padgett Powell's remarkable writing it blew our minds completely' Dazed & Confused

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Review:

Much like its predecessor, You & I is that most radical of rare beasts: a dazzlingly brilliant, thoroughly readable, properly avant-garde novel (Stuart Hammond Dazed & Confused)

Utterly intriguing (Grazia)

Powell continues to rebel against convention ... displaying a benevolent misanthropy and a juvenile silliness ... He holds a mirror up to what we have become and what we have lost, giving voice to a yearning that avoids sentimentality (Metro)

Book Description:

*WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTION*
Described as 'Waiting for Godot on acid', this radiant and enigmatic novel will take you on a journey into the subconscious. Confounding, experimental fiction for everyone who loved The Interrogative Mood.

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