In Pure Hollywood, the genius of Christine Schutt’s prose is as mysterious and undeniable as ever, its brilliance all the more remarkable for the darkness it explores, the disturbing realities it illuminates. Her soul-sick characters stalk and haunt your heart every bit as much as Flannery O’Connor’s. With PURE HOLLYWOOD Christine Schutt gives us sharply suspenseful and masterfully dark interior portraits of ordinary lives, infused with her signature observation and surprise. Timeless, incisive, and precise, these tales are a rush of blood to the head, portals through which . Christine Schutt’s ‘Pure Hollywood’ There is a certain kind of American novelist of the late twentieth century whose fiction fetishises plant names. The ability to inventory the flora of an imagined terrain, especially with local variants, is often taken as a sign of novelistic prowess: where, in postmodernism’s wake, pretence to interior knowledge falters, knowledge of surface takes bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.
With Pure Hollywood, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Christine Schutt returns to the short story form that launched her acclaimed bltadwin.ru tales of rare wit, Pure Hollywood brings us into private worlds of longing and danger. An alcoholic actress takes her children to live in 'a rusted box on stilts' in th. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Pure Hollywood: And Other Stories by Christine Schutt (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Pure Hollywood By Christine Schutt (author) 1 von 1 Nur 3 verfügbar Siehe Mehr. Siehe Details auf eBay erhältlich bei. Pure Hollywood By Christine Schutt (author) EUR 8,54 Sofort-Kaufen 26d 20h, EUR 2,04 Versand, Day Rücknahmen, eBay-Käuferschutz.
It’s John Ashbery who says it best (on the back cover of the collection): Christine Schutt’s Pure Hollywood is “pared down but rich”. Schutt doesn’t waste a word; no lengthy character descriptions or long rambles about the taste of the air, the feel of the wind, the colour of the sky. Only what’s relevant is depicted, creating an intimate, tight space for each of her protagonists. “Pure Hollywood is pure gold. In tales of rare wit and verve, Christine Schutt leads us into the lives of her perfectly drawn characters—couples young and old, children, skinny men, charming women—and dances on masterful prose through gardens, alcohol (often too much), luxurious homes, and resort vacation spots. With PURE HOLLYWOOD Christine Schutt gives us sharply suspenseful and masterfully dark interior portraits of ordinary lives, infused with her signature observation and surprise. Timeless, incisive, and precise, these tales are a rush of blood to the head, portals through which we open our eyes and see the world anew.
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