The Sadness of Sex

The Sadness of Sex
- Fiction
From the man The New York Times BookÂ Â Review called "an uncommonÂ Â diagnostician of the curiosities of the human heart" andÂ Â hailed on NPR (National Public Radio) as "theÂ Â stand-up comedian of the unconscious" comesÂ Â this extraordinary new collction of metaphor-rich,Â Â wildly imaginative short-short stories. BarryÂ Â Yourgrau, who performs his written work in clubsÂ Â across the country and on NPR, Comedy Central, MTVsÂ Â Spoken Word programs, and in an upcoming one-manÂ Â feature film, now explores the imagination's twilightÂ Â terrain in which love, lust, and loss reside inÂ Â this achingly beautiful and rich surreal tour deÂ Â force. An affair with a cannibal woman is filled withÂ Â devouring kisses. A flower sprouts from a woman'sÂ Â flesh wherever a man kisses her, impeding theirÂ Â lovemaking. An abandoned lover seeks repair of theÂ Â cuckoo clock that is his heart. Exploring theÂ Â archetypal he-and-she from the first glance to theÂ Â last tortured look, this exhilirating new collectionÂ Â of flash-fiction--short-short stories thematicallyÂ Â connected--merges Freud with Fellini, Kafka withÂ Â Woody Allen. At once sad, alarming, and wickedlyÂ Â brilliant, Barry Yourgrau is, in the uneasy land ofÂ Â desire and heartbreak, the spokesman for ourÂ Â secret self.
Country USA
Manufacturer Delta
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1995-02-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385313766

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