Jesus' Son: Stories by
by Denis Johnson
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Author: Denis JohnsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-12-15
ISBN: 0060975776
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Summary: 2 Stars
and I feel just like Jesus's Son. Thus goes the line from "Heroin", by the Velvet Underground, the song from which Denis Johnson borrowed the title for this interconnected connection. The title seems to be not the only Velvet-like trait here. The writing is spare and moody, banging away again and again at themes of physical, mental and spiritual isolation. But for some reason, Johnson doesn't strike the chord with the same intensity as the Underground. There is nothing wrong, per se, with the language. It is, in fact, finely crafted at many points, but overall, it just doesn't do it for me. Johnson's work reminds me of that of Dennis Cooper. If his topics click with you, then yahoo, you've got a lot of solid work to read, but if it doesn't, then perhaps you should start packing your bags, because the scenery doesn't change much. Copious amounts of drug abuse and affectless sexual unions abound, and the tone here is that of a dark back country road. Hope shines dimly and infrequently, like lights way off in the distance.
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