Vanishing Point : A Novel (Paperback)

from carmelitasita29

I am not, I repeat not, a fan of experimental books. The only reason I picked this up at the library was because it was on Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" list. That being said, I really liked this book - I found it equivalent to reading a gossip mag of the creators of fine art...

from tatleriv

I just noticed below that Dewey dumps this book in the "813" range of nonfiction as opposed to the usual "Fiction." According to Dewey, the 813 classification denotes books about American fiction in English, rather than plain old American fiction. However Dewey views it, Markson's book slides def...

from NativeRoses

Wayne Koestenbaum highlighted an earlier book by Markson, Vanishing Point: It's a novel, yes, but it barely qualifies -- it's simply a list of outrageously pathetic facts about artists and writers. It's funny, sad, bravura, minimalist. I adore his work."

from kszym

By far the bleakest of the four. About getting older and, I guess, getting to the point that you'd previously seen someone disappear at (off in the distance) and finding yourself uncertain about where to go from there.

from visceral-realist

The novel appears as a collage...cleverly, innovatively constructed with nothing but short, crisp, often humorous, seemingly unconnected, trivial vignettes. As the novel nears its terminus, we realize, in part, that the novel's voice itself has become a segment of the collage's assembled theme. W...