South Brooklyn Casket Company (Serpent's Tail High Risk Books,) - Softcover

Kertess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852424486 ISBN 13: 9781852424480

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 1997

Synopsis

The stories in this collection take place on the outskirts of the ordinary, where the protection of everyday routine is unavailable: a hospital visit to a dying friend, anonymous sexual encounters, a four-year-old boy who cannot fathom the disappearance of his father. For Klaus Kertess, these moments are at the limits of language. Yet, with consummate skill, he is able to say the unsayable.

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Review:

?South Brooklyn Casket Company is a very good work. Kertess?s writing is both hermetic and startlingly clear. He uses the one to illuminate the other to splendid effect.? Edward Albee

Synopsis:

The stories in this collection take place in the outskirts of the ordinary, where the protection of everyday routine is unavailable. All the stories become occasions that foment the breakdown of language and desire as they pursue meaning.

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1852424486
• ISBN 13: 9781852424480
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120