Picador Modern Classics: Jesus' Son : Stories (Series #3) (Paperback)

from lisapeet

I don't reread often, so I was happy to find that this collection thrills me as much as these stories did when I first read them almost 30 years ago. Johnson's use of language is still surprising-and considering all the fiction I've read since I was in my 20s, that's pretty impressive-and those s...

from TheAmpersand

An out-and-out knockout. This one's a short read, but after I finished the first story I knew that I wanted to take my time with it. Oddly enough, I kept thinking of Raymond Carver while I read this one. I'm not a Carver fan: his stuff is too neatly arranged, too focused on loneliness, and too sp...

from DaveCullen

Extraordinary. My favorite book written in the past 20 years. Johnson has deep insight into human beings, incredible descriptive powers and is painfully empathetic.

from marcfitch

An amazing work by one of my favorite authors. I lent this book to a patient I had and he returned with a small note written on the inside, which I think sums up the work very well; "So much chaos brought to heel."

from RandyMetcalfe

Denis Johnson's short stories set a standard in the late 20th century that has rarely been equalled. The voices of his narrators are raw, unadorned (except when wonder is the only appropriate reaction), unpretentious, and unprotected. They are typically lost young men seeking solace or oblivion i...