Bedlam: Short Stories

by John Domini

Book by Domini, John

Paperback

Published January 1, 1981

About the author

John Domini has won awards in all genres, publishing fiction in Paris Review and Ploughshares, and non-fiction in GQ and The New York Times, and elsewhere. The Times praised his early stories as "dreamlike… grabs hold of both reader and character," and Richard Ford called his ’07 novel, Earthquake I.D., "wonderful… a rich feast." In 2016, J.C. Hallman hailed his latest, MOVIEOLA!, as "a new shriek for a new century." A 2014 selection of criticism, The Sea-God's Herb, was termed "poetic" and "fascinating," in Publishers Weekly. Domini has won an NEA fellowship, taught at Harvard, Northwestern, and elsewhere, and held visiting-artist positions in Italy.

Reviews

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

In his brief time as an Associate Professor at Northwestern University, John Domini had the pleasure of having me as a student in his fiction writing class.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very solid collection of short stories. Domini has a wonderful sense for what is interesting in a situation and a great eye for presenting things in a different way than I've seen before. He has a good handle on his technique in this collection and isn't afraid to wander into uncharted territory once in a while.