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Something Interesting To Read: Short Stories (and One Screenplay) 1988-1992
Volume One of The Complete Works of Chris Ernest Hall collects his early short stories, as well as his un-produced 1991 screenplay, Therapy.
From a homeless woman with more than just a physical resemblance to Andy Warhol, to a pair of starving film-makers in Stalinist Russia, to a married couple unsure if they should open and set up their newly purchased television, the characters in the short stories of Chris Ernest Hall struggle with abstract forces in overly literal ways, spawning moments of jewel-like authenticity amidst the cosmic absurdity.
In Therapy, Herbert and Lois's seemingly stable world is rocked when they begin a marital counseling program that has them produce a television show starring them. At the same time, their creative and ambitious son, Andrew, sees an opportunity to create his own cinematic masterpiece by helping them—one that ends up being shown on community access TV. Soon, unwanted fame and notoriety threaten to tear their family apart.
From a homeless woman with more than just a physical resemblance to Andy Warhol, to a pair of starving film-makers in Stalinist Russia, to a married couple unsure if they should open and set up their newly purchased television, the characters in the short stories of Chris Ernest Hall struggle with abstract forces in overly literal ways, spawning moments of jewel-like authenticity amidst the cosmic absurdity.
In Therapy, Herbert and Lois's seemingly stable world is rocked when they begin a marital counseling program that has them produce a television show starring them. At the same time, their creative and ambitious son, Andrew, sees an opportunity to create his own cinematic masterpiece by helping them—one that ends up being shown on community access TV. Soon, unwanted fame and notoriety threaten to tear their family apart.
195 pages, Paperback
First published March 22, 2014
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