Zimzum - Lish, Gordon
Second Edition
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Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progress from desire to the void, through contraction and distractedness. In this perilously original work, composed of six rigorously crafted partsand informed by a desperately libidinous, grotesquely comic rageone of the most controversial figures in contemporary American letters brilliantly captures our humanity and Zeitgeist. Central to the novel is the ravishing shriek of a man who seeks to preserve what little there is left to him. It is as if his head were in an ever-tightening vise as he frantically seeks connection with others, knowing all the while the futility of the enterprise. He yearns for some carnal knowledge. He is obsessed with the successful operation of a sexual device. His lover is insensitive, self-absorbed. What is hea former insane asylum inmate, whose motto used to be "share and share alike," but is now "fair is fair"supposed to do? Exuberant in the music of its ordinary utterances, anguished and poignant in its declaration of the facts of life, Zimzum is Lish's most compelling novel.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781560257998 |
Publisher: | Thunder's Mouth |
Imprint: | Thunder's Mouth Press |
Pub date: | 11 Nov 2005 |
Edition: | Second Edition |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 128 |
Weight: | 136g |
Height: | 210mm |
Width: | 140mm |
Spine width: | 8mm |