Setting out to tell the story of a mysterious cowboy -- a
stranger in town with a terrible secret -- Christine Montalbetti is
continually sidetracked by the details that occur to her along the
way, her CinemaScope camera focusing not on the gunslinger's grim
and determined eyes, but on the insects crawling in the dust by his
boots. A collection of the moments usually discarded in order to
tell even the simplest and most familiar story, "Western" presents
us with the world behind the clich?s, where the much-anticipated
violence of the plot is continually, maddeningly delayed, and no
moment is too insignificant not to be valued. Montalbetti's daring
theft of movie technique and subversion of a genre where women are
usually relegated to secondary roles -- victims, prostitutes,
widows, schoolmarms -- makes Western a remarkable wake for the most
basic of American mythologies.
General
Imprint: |
Dalkey Archive Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
French Literature |
Release date: |
October 2009 |
First published: |
October 2009 |
Authors: |
Christine Montalbetti
|
Translators: |
Betsy Wing
|
Dimensions: |
204 x 160 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
192 |
Edition: |
English |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56478-528-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Westerns
|
LSN: |
1-56478-528-9 |
Barcode: |
9781564785282 |
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