Journalist
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781564781659
Paperback|9781564781659
✨ Featured Offer
Overview
A blend of postmodern metafiction and old-style bedroom farce, The Journalist explores the elusive, sometimes illusive, boundaries between facts and the fictions we weave around them. The novel's protagonist, living at a time that might be the present in a city that might be anywhere, has decided for reasons of mental hygiene to keep a detailed record of his thoughts, words, and deeds. Very quickly, however, the project begins to absorb his entire life, as the increasingly meticulous recording of experience threatens to supplant experience itself. To make matters worse, what he records offers its own grist for worry: his devoted wife suddenly grows secretive, his equally devoted mistress turns evasive, his frustratingly independent son might or might not be visiting that same mistress behind his back, and his closest friend begins acting in mysterious ways (and is it just his imagination, or is this friend having clandestine meetings with his wife?). His ever more convoluted perceptions breed a dark muddle of suspicion, leading to a climax that is at once intensely funny and excruciatingly poignant.
| ISBN-13 | 9781564781659 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1564781658 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.57 x 0.84 x 8.53 In |
| List Price | $12.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Published On | 1997-10-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
More Than Words
Waltham, MA, USA
. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonpro...
Free delivery by: 02 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
BayStateBooks
North Smithfield, RI, USA
The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact including the dust jacket if origina...
Free delivery by: 02 Apr 2026
✨ Brand New
Seller details
Alibris
Sparks, NV, USA
Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. American Literature.
Free delivery by: 02 Apr 2026
Used, Like New
Seller details
StockandTrade
Portland, OR, USA
Size: 8x5x0; A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked ...
Free delivery by: 02 Apr 2026
Used, Like New
Seller details
GreatBookPrices-
Columbia, MD, USA
100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition. We offer expedited shipping to all US locat...
Free delivery by: 02 Apr 2026