Denis Johnson finished his 20th and last book, “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” just before his death. Christian Lorentzen on why the author of “Jesus’ Son” still haunts the culture, for good reason.
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And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a person’s life on this earth. I don’t mean that we all end up dead, that’s not the great pity. I mean that
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''Angels'' is a terrifying book, a mixture of poetry and obscenity. Some readers may be put off by its melodrama and nearly overwhelming sense of desperation. But whether the characters are conversing with a dark angel or ordering a platter of french fries, they are people who can't be ignored. Mr. Johnson has written a dazzling and savage first novel.
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Johnson ( Angels ; Fiskadoro ) is a writer whose grace and style are frequently highlighted by the incongruity of his plot twists and character development. The hero of this novel, Leonard English, ha
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As a fiction writer and poet, Johnson is known for his surreal portraits of the dispossessed lurking at the fringes of American life: the drifters, the jobless, the junkies and midnight DJ's. I
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In Denis Johnson’s new novel, set in Africa, a spy and his ne’er-do-well friend plan to become rich by exploiting post-9/11 politics.
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Denis Johnson discusses his short story in this week’s issue, “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden.”
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The Paris Review is a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers.
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In this author’s universe, hallucinatory imaginings bleed into daily life, where reality itself can seem like a fevered nightmare.
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A great essay that considers Johnson's oeuvre and which highlights what makes it so compelling and distinctive
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Denis Johnson’s new novel is a massive thing and something like a masterpiece; it’s the product of an extraordinary writer in full stride.
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A testament to Johnson's sublime sympathy for lowlifes. National Book Award–winner Johnson (Tree of Smoke) goes lean and mean in this slick noir, with crackling dialogue and a mercilessly bleak worldview.
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Pop-mystical mumbo-jumbo freely and funnily coexists with the classics of Western philosophy in this ruminative, atmospheric tale of severed connections, lost souls, witches, demons, drugs and murder
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Spare, introspective and arresting, Johnson's (Jesus' Son; Already Dead) new novel explores a middle-aged college professor's attempts to come to terms with the gruesome twist of fate that has robbed
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After dinner, nobody went home right away. We sat around in the living room describing the loudest sounds we’d ever heard. One said it was his wife’s …
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The National Book Award-winning novelist was perhaps best known for Jesus' Son, a book of interwoven stories focused on the lives of addicts. A spokesman for his publisher tells NPR he died Wednesday.
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