My Amputations

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book My Amputations by Clarence Major, University of Alabama Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Clarence Major ISBN: 9781573668385
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Fiction Collective 2 Language: English
Author: Clarence Major
ISBN: 9781573668385
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Fiction Collective 2
Language: English

Originally published in 1986, this new edition returns to print a classic, influential work of American fiction. 

"My Amputations, Clarence Major's fifth novel, is an explosively rich book about a man pursued by his shadow. Its protagonist is either a desperate ex-con who has become convinced that he is an important American novelist or a desperate American novelist who has become convinced that he—and most of what passes for literary life on three continents—is a con. Clarence Major has split the difference between Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Herman Melville's The Confidence Man to produce this dark, funny tale about the great American hustle."
—Denise Levertov, Robert Haas, Jonathan Galassi, Sandra Cisneros (Jurors, Western States Arts Foundation, 1986 Western States Book Award for Fiction)

"My Amputationsis a provocative advance in contemporary American writing. This novel should do much to make the name Clarence Major a byword among aficionados of adventurous fiction everywhere."
—The Washington Post Book World

"My Amputations is a feat of wizardry, a book possessed by freewheeling abandon."
—Chicago Tribune

 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Originally published in 1986, this new edition returns to print a classic, influential work of American fiction. 

"My Amputations, Clarence Major's fifth novel, is an explosively rich book about a man pursued by his shadow. Its protagonist is either a desperate ex-con who has become convinced that he is an important American novelist or a desperate American novelist who has become convinced that he—and most of what passes for literary life on three continents—is a con. Clarence Major has split the difference between Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Herman Melville's The Confidence Man to produce this dark, funny tale about the great American hustle."
—Denise Levertov, Robert Haas, Jonathan Galassi, Sandra Cisneros (Jurors, Western States Arts Foundation, 1986 Western States Book Award for Fiction)

"My Amputationsis a provocative advance in contemporary American writing. This novel should do much to make the name Clarence Major a byword among aficionados of adventurous fiction everywhere."
—The Washington Post Book World

"My Amputations is a feat of wizardry, a book possessed by freewheeling abandon."
—Chicago Tribune

 

More books from University of Alabama Press

Cover of the book On Captivity by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Conflict and Carnage in Yucatán by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Cultural Forests of the Amazon by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Labor Revolt In Alabama by Clarence Major
Cover of the book The Mythologizing of Mark Twain by Clarence Major
Cover of the book The Victory Album by Clarence Major
Cover of the book The Confederados by Clarence Major
Cover of the book A Universal Theory of Pottery Production by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Women by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Digital Poetics by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Radical Affections by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Presumptions and Burdens of Proof by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Doc by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes by Clarence Major
Cover of the book Alabama's Civil Rights Trail by Clarence Major
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy