β Scribed by Paul Park
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Paul Park is one of modern fictionβs major innovators. With exotic settings and characters truly alien and disturbingly normal, his novels and stories explore the shifting interface between traditional narrative and luminous dream, all in the service of a deeper humanism. βClimate Change,β original to this volume, is an intimate and erotic take on a global environmental crisis. βA Resistance to Theoryβ chronicles the passionate (and bloody) competition between the armed adherents of postmodern literary schools. βA Conversation with the Authorβ gives readers a harrowing look behind the curtains of an MFA program. In βA Brief History of SFβ a fan encounters the ruined man who first glimpsed the ruined cities of Mars. βCreative Nonfictionβ showcases a professorβs eager collaboration with a student intent on wrecking his career. The only nonfiction piece, βA Homily for Good Friday,β was delivered to a stunned congregation at a New England church. Plus: A bibliography, and our candid and colorful Outspoken Interview with one of todayβs most accomplished and least conventional authors, in which personal truth is evaded, engaged, and altered, all in one shot.
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