Schegge d'America. Nuove avanguardie letterarie

by Larry McCaffery (Editor), Piergiorgio Nicolazzini (Editor)

Since the '60s, a number of authors have rejected the elitism of the avant-garde while still seeking to write experimental fiction. By substituting popular culture references for the standard academic list of canonical sources, they have forged a new fiction that is increasingly being called "avant-pop." This volume collects short fictions by a number of contemporary practitioners of the form, such as William T. Vollman, Ben Marcus, and Paul Auster, as well as works by authors who first made their mark 20 or 30 years ago, such as Robert Coover, Tom Robbins, and Don Delilo. Many fun, challenging stories are collected here in an interesting attempt at delimiting a movement.

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction

457 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfortunely I lost this book years ago. And by lost it I mean I loaned it to an unreliable ex who absconded with it when he headed home to Seattle. But I digress. This book is a wonderful collection of weird, wonderful, silly and slightly horrific short fiction. Not all the stories are excellent, a few are awful, but overall this is a collection that showcases a certain type of literature that rarely gets the attention it deserves.

[Aaron Ambrose · Rating 1 out of 5]

Triple filtered for maximum annoyance, this is a hyper-dated collection of nonsense from a misguided aesthetic from fin de grunge 1995. Most of the stories are as coherent and engaging as a Mad Lib. Out of 32 stories, two didn't actively repel me, so it wasn't hopeless. But that's a 6.25% NON-REPELLENT rate. Ye gods.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of experimental writing.

[Sheila Bitts · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't read all of the stories, but many for my class. I liked the Erickson story the best.

[Carlo Mayer]

Finiti

[Giovanni Botta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finito nel 01/gen/1970 00:00:00