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"Owen Kivlin, the narrator of Dave Robinson's novel Sweeney On-the-Fringe, sidles up to the reader as unassumingly as Ishmael and announces that he's got a tale to tell. And what a tale it is. The elusive, eponymous Sweeney is a man on a quest. Told through letters, dramatic narrative, interviews and poems, Sweeney On-The-Fringe is a wild, lyrical ride of a book, rich with mythical allusion, offbeat characters and a roll-your-own New England vernacular that is dead on. Will Sweeney find what he seeks: truth, self, adventure, romance and the perfect wave? You'll have to read to find out. Recommended." David Daniel Author of Goofyfoot and Reunion "Equal parts strange, funny and insightful, the sweeping Sweeney in Effable is a truly ambitious effort by both author Dave Robinson and his protagonist, Sweeney O'Sweeney. Masters of storytelling, the pair take us around the world in Sweeney's epic quest for enlightenment. A weighty matter, sure-but Sweeney is also the kind of guy you want to have several beers with at the neighborhood tap. He'll stick with you for days after you leave him on the final page." Sarah McAdams Corbett Writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun Tribune, Montreal Gazette and The New York Times ..".The poems are real, serious, and present us with a unified sensibility, and unusual poetic intelligence. If this novel is to be understood and appreciated, the reader must be able to read Sweeney's poems because the poems reveal his unique identity and give the novel its considerable literary value. Robinson's employment of his poetic capabilities is original and very effective." Vyu Magazine review by Glover Davis Author of the poetry collections: Separate Lives, Bandaging Bread, August Fires and Legend "What a brilliant narrative, sparkling with images, and memorable prose, Dave Robinson has created in Sweeney on-the-Fringe! Music is made with yells and whispers, with secrets and laughter, combining styles and genres, on the pages of an adventure that startles and unsettles us with its truths. Robinson is an inventive, compelling prose master." Ilya Kaminsky Author of Musica Humana and the Dorset Prize-winning Dancing in Odessa "Quirky, moody, whimsical, witty, and kinda funky-urbane, David Robinson's Sweeney is as weird as Eliot's, Joyce's, Heaney's, but much more palatable to us early 21st-century surf-addled readers. This is one to enjoy and savor!" Drew Kampion Author of Lost Coast, former editor of Surfer and Surfing PRAISE FOR DAVE ROBINSON'S POETRY "Good descriptive writing, and the import, [often] a little withheld, is nevertheless beautifully intimated throughout...intelligent and sensitive verse writing." Hayden Carruth Author of the National Book Award-winning Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey "Some might say pairing prose and poetry to tell a story is a chancy endeavor, but Sweeney in Effable is up for the challenge. Whether written in verse, formal poems disguised as prose or haibun, Robinson's ambitious cross-genre approach exposes the spirit of his characters. The poems are powerful moments of pause, brief lyrical snapshots along the journey that perfectly capture the wonderment and duende of human experience." Kate Hanson Foster Author of Mid Drift, selected by the Massachusetts Center for the Book as a "Must Read"
| ISBN-13 | 9780931507410 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0931507413 |
| Weight | 2.09 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 1.44 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $35.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Loom Press Publishing |
| Published On | 2016-10-26 |
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