The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye

Name: The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonathan Lethem
ISBN: 9781470380243

Author: Jonathan Lethem

Narrator: Graham Winton, Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/04/2014

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A dead man is brought back to life so he can support his family in "The Happy Man"; occasionally he slips into a zombielike state while his soul is tortured in Hell. In "Vanilla Dunk," future basketball players are given the skills of old-time stars like Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. And in "Forever, Said the Duck," stored computer personalities scheme to break free of their owners. In these and other stories in this striking collection, Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, draws the reader ever more deeply into his strange, unforgettable world-a trip from which there may be no easy return.

About Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He currently teaches creative writing at Pomona College in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mattia on April 30, 2018

Excellent hard-hitting tories from the genre pockets in Lethem's bag of tricks. Know what you're getting into: many of these are among the most disturbing stories I've read in a long time. Together with Man and Cartoons, this is a must read for Lethem's fans - who'll notice the shift in concerns and......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on May 11, 2020

3.5/5 Raccolta di racconti scoperta quasi per caso a metà prezzo su Libraccio e che, in certe parti, mi ha lasciato piacevolmente sorpreso. Ci sono picchi di maestria e abilità narrativa (Vanilla Dunk, ad esempio, con il basket metafora del postmoderno e Duri come la pietra che a mio parere è un picc......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 29, 2020

I'd say that "Everyone has got to start somewhere" but I don't know for sure when these stories were written, except they seem to date from fairly early in his career. The collection dates from 1996 and came out after he had two published novels under his belt, but despite it winning the World Fanta......more