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OverviewBig Lonesome is a collection of wildly imaginative tales of America's past and present full of hardboiled history and tender-hearted hooligans. Whether he's spinning a lurid yarn about the previous adventures of Popeye, imagining Dick Tracy as a San Fernando Valley police detective, or retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood in Nazi Germany, Ruland's stories resonate with the truth of lessons learned the hard way. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jim Ruland , First Last (Loyola University Maryland, USA)Publisher: Gorsky Press Imprint: Gorsky Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9780975396438ISBN 10: 0975396439 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 15 September 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews"""It's Ruland's gleeful ability to stomp on icons that makes him fun to read and which gives his collection the flavor of being hit in the face with a stiff slam-pit elbow, but it's his bone-serious looks at the wars we fight -- both with guns and tanks and on the surface of our minds -- that show the most promise."" -Tod Goldberg ""Jim Ruland's stories are dangerous things, full of grim human comedy. His sentences power along with raucous precision and his characters rarely fail to surprise. This is a wonderful debut."" -Sam Lipsyte ""Here's a writer with guts and heart and vision, someone to remind us of the possibilities of fiction. Big Lonesome is strange and exciting."" -Chris Bachelder ""There are no disappointments in this collection; each story offers something different while displaying a mastery of language and an empathetic understanding of what makes us human. Ruland is a remarkable writer who has produced a debut collection that cannot be ignored."" -Daniel Olivas" It's Ruland's gleeful ability to stomp on icons that makes him fun to read and which gives his collection the flavor of being hit in the face with a stiff slam-pit elbow, but it's his bone-serious looks at the wars we fight -- both with guns and tanks and on the surface of our minds -- that show the most promise. -Tod Goldberg Jim Ruland's stories are dangerous things, full of grim human comedy. His sentences power along with raucous precision and his characters rarely fail to surprise. This is a wonderful debut. -Sam Lipsyte Here's a writer with guts and heart and vision, someone to remind us of the possibilities of fiction. Big Lonesome is strange and exciting. -Chris Bachelder There are no disappointments in this collection; each story offers something different while displaying a mastery of language and an empathetic understanding of what makes us human. Ruland is a remarkable writer who has produced a debut collection that cannot be ignored. -Daniel Olivas Author InformationJim Ruland is the author of the award-winning novel Forest of Fortune and the short story collection Big Lonesome. He is the co-author of My Damage with Keith Morris, founding member of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and OFF!, and Giving the Finger with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch. Jim writes about punk and pop culture for Razorcake -- America's only non-profit independent music zine. He also writes book reviews and author profiles for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Jim's work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Believer, Electric Literature, Esquire, Granta, Hobart and Oxford American, and has received awards from Reader's Digest and the National Endowment for the Arts. He runs the Southern California-based reading series Vermin on the Mount, and is a member of the Golondrina arts collective in Barrio Logan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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