Work

by Stephen Dixon

Book by Dixon, Stephen

Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Stephen Dixon was a novelist and short story author who published hundreds of stories in an incredible list of literary journals. Dixon was nominated for the National Book Award twice--in 1991 for Frog and in 1995 for Interstate--and his writing also earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy Institute of Arts and Letters Prize for Fiction, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize.

Reviews

[Jail Flanagain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stephen Dixon's writing is hard to categorize or define which may be why he has evaded popular recognition. Is his writing hyperrealistic? In a way, it is but in another way it's as unreal and menacing as Kafka. For instance, Work is probably the most realistic novel about working in the restaraunt industry I've ever read but it also contains brilliant moments where a believable ocurrence is stretched to the point where it becomes like a classic nightmare of humiliation.