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Van Gogh's Room at Arles(1st Edition)
Three Novellas (American Literature Series)
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-280-9, ISBN: 1-56478-280-8

"The three novellas collected in Van Gogh's Room at Arles demonstrate once again Stanley Elkin's mastery of the English language, with exuberant rants on almost every page, unexpected plot twists, and jokes that leave readers torn between laughter and tears. "Her Sense of Timing" relates a destructive day in the life of a wheelchair-bound professor who is abandoned by his wife at the worst possible time, leaving him to preside -- helples ..."

Mrs. Ted Bliss(1st Edition)
(American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2002 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-322-6, ISBN: 1-56478-322-7

"Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a viv ..."

The Rabbi of Lud(1st Edition)
(American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 277 Pages, Published 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-270-0, ISBN: 1-56478-270-0

"Surrounded by cemeteries in the flatlands of New Jersey, the small town of Lud is sustained by the business of death. In fact, with no synagogue and no congregation, Rabbi Jerry Goldkorn has only one true responsibility: to preside over burial services for Jews who pass away in the surrounding cities. But after the Arctic misadventures that led him to Lud, he wouldn't want to live (or die) anywhere else.As the only living child in Lud, ..."

Macguffin(1st Edition)
(American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 283 Pages, Published 1999 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-223-6, ISBN: 1-56478-223-9

"Dalkey Archive Press ISU Campus Box 4241, Normal, IL 61790-4241 fax (309) 438-7422 American Literature Series As he's chauffeured about in his official. The Conversions. The Journalist. The Sinking of the ... Splendide-H6tel. Steelwork. Under the Shadow. W. M. SPACKMAN, The Complete Fiction. GERTRUDE STEIN, The Making of Americans. A Novel of Thank You. PlOTR SZEWC, Annihilation. ALEXANDER THEROUX, The Lollipop Trollops. ESTHER TU ..."

George Mills(1st Edition)
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 518 Pages, Published 2003 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-292-2, ISBN: 1-56478-292-1

"An ambitious, digressive, and endlessly entertaining account of the thousand-year history of the George Millses, George Mills is the antithesis to the typical Horatio Alger story. Since the First Crusade, there has always been a George Mills, who despite his best efforts is unable to improve his position in life or that of his descendants. Instead, all the George Millses are forced to accept their lot as true blue-collar workers, servin ..."

Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers
Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2000 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-234-2, ISBN: 1-56478-234-4

""This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny."—The New York Times These nine stories reveal a dazzling variety of styles, tones and subject matter. Among them are some of Stanley Elkin's finest, including the fabulistic "On a Field, Rampant," the farcical "Perlmutter at the East Pole," and the stylized "A Poetics for Bullies." Despite the diversity of their form and ..."

Dick Gibson Show(1st Edition)
(American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Stanley Elkin, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 335 Pages, Published 1998 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-198-7, ISBN: 1-56478-198-4

"National Book Award finalist: Look who's on the "Dick Gibson Radio Show": Arnold the Memory Expert ("I've memorized the entire West Coast shoreline - except for cloud cover and fog banks"). Bernie Perk, the burning pharmacist. Henry Harper, the nine-year old orphan millionaire, terrified of being adopted. The woman whose life revolves around pierced lobes. An evil hypnotist. Swindlers. Con-men. And Dick Gibson himself. Anticipating talk ..."

Boswell(1st Edition)
A Modern Comedy (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by Stanley Elkin (2009-09-25)
by Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann
Paperback, 387 Pages, Published 1999 by Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-174-1, ISBN: 1-56478-174-7

"Fiction. BOSWELL is Stanley Elkin's first and funniest novel: the comic odyssey of a twentieth-century groupie who collects celebrities as his insurance policy against death. James Boswell--strong man, professional wrestler (his most heroic match is with the Angel of Death)-- is a con man, a gate crasher, and a moocher of epic talent. He is also the "hero of one of the most original novel in years" (Oakland Tribune)--a man on the make f ..."

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