God Is Dead
By Ron Currie
By Ron Currie
By Ron Currie
By Ron Currie
Category: Literary Fiction | Short Stories
Category: Literary Fiction | Short Stories
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$22.00
May 27, 2008 | ISBN 9780143113485
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Jul 05, 2007 | ISBN 9781101202272
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Praise
“Currie’s strength rests in his ability to focus on humanity’s conundrums on the smallest physical particles. The truth he presents is that the world has become adsurd; he is merely delivering a steady-cam view.”
–Los Angeles Times
“[A] cavalierly abitious debut . . . with talking dogs, text message-happy teenagers, and end-of-day shenanigans. Like Kurt Vonnegut, [Currie] seems to understand that in the face of grim and grave concerns, humor is a more powerful salt than screed.”
–John Freeman, San Francisco Chronicle
“Few authors would dare to depict the near rape and death of God amid a horrendous genocidal war, and fewer still could make it so bladder-threateningly hilarious. Although there’s genuine sadness throughout, God is Dead is very likely the most entertaining book ever written on the subject of deicide.”
–The Believer
“God is Dead is a heady cocktail of ideas. Broad-stroke symbolism and delicately shaded realism are swished together with admirable aplomb. Currie’s skills are equal to just about any technical challenge. [His] stoic poignancy [is] reminiscent of Raymond Carver. . . . The naturalistic texture of Currie’s prose gives everything a scary ring of truth.”
–Michel Faber, The Guardian (London)
“In Currie’s stories we come to know God as a feral dog and a genocide victim and Colin Powell as a foul-mouthed race warrior. It’s not clear which is a greater leap of faith but this brillaiant, absurdist fiction lets us embrace them both with a shiver of empthay. I for one would be a happier camper, as the sun sets on the American empire, if more of my own contrymen wrote like Ron Currie.”
–Lydia Millet, author of Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
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