<p>For a God whom philosophers have proclaimed dead, there's only one thing to do: drum up a little publicity God grants you an interview. Go to 600 Madison Ave., room 3700, Monday, at 11 a.m. When a struggling writer receives this typed note in the mail one morning, curiosity wins out and he finds
Oh God, the Sun Goes
β Scribed by David Connor
- Publisher
- Melville House
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"A highly original and engagingly odd book." - Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World
"...wondrous...mysterious...Connor lands plenty of stimulating riffs on themes of memory, love, and loss, all in lyrical prose and suffused with surreal imagery." - Publishers Weekly
An "indescribable marvel" (Jonathan Lethem) of a debut novel from a brilliant new voice
The sun has disappeared from the sky. No one can explain where it has gone, but one wayward traveler is determined to try. As our unnamed narrator begins his odyssey across the parched landscapes of the American Southwest, he is drawn into a web of illusion and mystery, a shifting astral mindscape that shimmers with the aftermath of lossβand the promise of redemption.
Oh God, the Sun Goes is a hallucinatory and deadpan picaresque that suddenly swerves into a love story of soaring poignance. Truly βthe stuff that dreams are made ofβ β or maybe...
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