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My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist

Mark Leyner
3.69/5 (1736 ratings)
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My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist is a postmodernist/absurdist book composed of 17 loosely-related chapters with no general storyline. It is voiced in first-person by an anonymous narrator often using jargon, broken grammar and punctuation with a poetry-like structure. The narration shifts quickly from random idea to idea with little to no connectivity between them, typically giving vivid descriptions of abstract situations. The narrative styles in the book vary significantly as well, with no apparent solid identity to the narrator itself. Some characters and ideas emerge suddenly and disappear without explanation.

Within this form incorporate elements of science fiction, cyberpunk, tabloid journalism, and advertising slogans. Due to its use of pop-culture references (e.g. to kung-fu films) and literary allusions it requires knowledge of (then) current affairs. Leyner resorts to irony and humor as a means of interplay with traditional realism.

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Format:
Pages:
154 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
First Edition Thus
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0679745793
ISBN13:
9780679745792
kindle Asin:
B007IM0YC2

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist

Mark Leyner
3.69/5 (1736 ratings)
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My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist is a postmodernist/absurdist book composed of 17 loosely-related chapters with no general storyline. It is voiced in first-person by an anonymous narrator often using jargon, broken grammar and punctuation with a poetry-like structure. The narration shifts quickly from random idea to idea with little to no connectivity between them, typically giving vivid descriptions of abstract situations. The narrative styles in the book vary significantly as well, with no apparent solid identity to the narrator itself. Some characters and ideas emerge suddenly and disappear without explanation.

Within this form incorporate elements of science fiction, cyberpunk, tabloid journalism, and advertising slogans. Due to its use of pop-culture references (e.g. to kung-fu films) and literary allusions it requires knowledge of (then) current affairs. Leyner resorts to irony and humor as a means of interplay with traditional realism.

-Wikipedia
Format:
Pages:
154 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
First Edition Thus
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0679745793
ISBN13:
9780679745792
kindle Asin:
B007IM0YC2

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