For more than twenty-five years, the antimelodic "noise" of
Sonic Youth has assaulted us, exhilarated us, inspired us. Why?
Katherine Dunn says it's because they operate in the foggy world
between the real and the surreal. Mary Gaitskill says that Sonic
Youth caught her, years ago, when she was falling. J. Robert Lennon
says it's because Sonic Youth rip it apart. Emily Maguire was
hooked because once she was in love with chaos.
Their sound is caustic, elemental, nihilistic--and quite unlike
any other cult band ever to achieve rock godhood. In "Noise,"
twenty-one great literary voices offer short fiction based on or
inspired by songs from Sonic Youth--a raucous coupling of music and
literature featuring marrow-colored goo, severed hands and
abandoned babies, Patty Hearst watching the apocalypse on TV, and
other unruly images of the Zeitgeist.
Contributors
Hiag Akmakjian - Christopher Coake - Katherine Dunn - Mary
Gaitskill - Rebecca Godfrey - Laird Hunt - Shelley Jackson - J.
Robert Lennon - Samuel Ligon - Emily Maguire - Tom McCarthy - Scott
Mebus - Eileen Myles - Catherine O'Flynn - Emily Carter Roiphe -
Kevin Sampsell - Steven Sherrill - Matt Thorne - Rachel Trezise -
Jess Walter - Peter Wild
General
Imprint: |
HarperPerennial
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2009 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Peter Wild
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 134 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-166929-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-06-166929-6 |
Barcode: |
9780061669293 |
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