14 Stories

by Stephen Dixon

Overview

Stephen Dixon's stories and novels have an original, immediately recognizable sound and feel --a weird blend of Franz Kafka and Frank Capra. Readers of his previous work will find in 14 Stories that same wry, inventive, knife-edged humor that has come to characterize his distinctive style. With an adroit use of language and a keen eye for the quirky, offbeat side of human nature, Dixon creates a world as viewed through a fish-eye lens--slightly distorted and off-center, yet recognizable and often familiar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937854799
Publisher:	Dzanc Books
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	720 KB

About the Author

Stephen Dixon is a two-time National Book Award finalist. Mr. Dixon has written over twenty short story collections and novels, including 14 Stories, Long Made Short, and All Gone, which are available from the Johns Hopkins University Press. He is a professor in The Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University.

Editorial Reviews

Dixon's stories, strengthened by their unity, almost have a novel's ability to develop character, to suggest a life outside the confines of the plot.
—Boston Globe

Mr. Dixon wields a stubbornly plain-spoken style; he loves all sorts of tricky narrative effects. And he loves even more the tribulations of the fantasizing mind, ticklish in their comedy, alarming in their immediacy.
—New York Times

These stories make a highly satisfying collection, not only for their evident craftsmanship but also because of the discriminating intelligence which underpins them.
—Times Literary Supplement

From the Publisher

Mr. Dixon wields a stubbornly plain-spoken style; he loves all sorts of tricky narrative effects. And he loves even more the tribulations of the fantasizing mind, ticklish in their comedy, alarming in their immediacy.

New York Times

These stories make a highly satisfying collection, not only for their evident craftsmanship but also because of the discriminating intelligence which underpins them.

Times Literary Supplement

Dixon's stories, strengthened by their unity, almost have a novel's ability to develop character, to suggest a life outside the confines of the plot.

Boston Globe