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- Book Title
- My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things
- Publication Name
- My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things
- Title
- My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 156512930X
- EAN
- 9781565129306
- ISBN
- 9781565129306
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
- Topic
- General, Literary, American / General, Essays
- Release Date
- 27/10/2015
- Release Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Item Width
- 6.8 in
- Item Weight
- 1.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Often comic, sometimes tender, profoundly truthful, and often improbable, the stories in these nonfiction essays by award-winning novelist Joseph Skibell are 100 percent true, painting a complex portrait of a man and his family--a businessman father and an artistic son and the difficult love between them; complicated uncles, cousins, and sisters; a haunted house; and, of course, an imaginary guitar--and illustrating that catastrophes, fantasies, and delusions are what give sweetness and shape to our lives.
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
156512930x
ISBN-13
9781565129306
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4038752960
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Family & Relationships, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Item Weight
1.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.K44z46 2015
Reviews
"[ Joseph Skibell is] a bit of a wise shaman sharing his gently amusing, offbeat life lessons. There's something unusually endearing and sweet about the 16 "true stories" in My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things ."-- NPR.org "It's easy to see why a writer blurbing this book describes [Skibell] as a 'literary Louis CK.' These shards of life have the feel of the standup performances you might here at New York's The Moth."-- Toronto Star "[Joseph Skibell] manages to find humor and self-effacing wit even while contemplating his own mortality and possibly defective memory. Skibell discovers that even when writing so-called 'true' stories, all lives are filled with imaginary things."-- Atlanta Journal Constitution "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tiptoeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." -- James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Humorous and heartfelt . . . Whether the stories are mere snapshots or more extended, [Skibell] writes with a humor that flies under the radar until a joke pops up with a well-timed zing. The emotional core of the stories, though, revolves largely around Skibell's choppy relationship with his strict father. Skibell looks back on their differences with the emotional maturity that comes with time and distance, and his recollections, both funny and somber, resound with feeling."-- Booklist "Colorful and endearing, the book will appeal to readers who appreciate Augusten Burroughs-style, real-life anecdotal ponderings focused on familial ties and how life's eternal cycle of enchantment and disillusionment somehow sustains us. A memoir/essay collection of consistently heartfelt and enlightening morsels of humanity."-- Kirkus Reviews "When [Skibell] turns quietly to the spaces we occupy in real life . . . a wink of illusion and philosophy can be expected . . . Skibell writes with the insight of a philosopher, conveying his ideas with the beauty of a craftsman." --ArtsATL.com "Stories? These wise and humane offerings aren't stories ; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." -- Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend." -- Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "The brilliant novelist detours from fiction with this collection of 16 essays . . . deeply moving, slyly funny meditations on the limits of memory, the meaning of ghosts, and the value of stories."-- Atlanta Magazine, "[ Joseph Skibell is] a bit of a wise shaman sharing his gently amusing, offbeat life lessons. There's something unusually endearing and sweet about the 16 "true stories" in My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things ."-- NPR.org "It's easy to see why a writer blurbing this book describes [Skibell] as a 'literary Louis CK.' These shards of life have the feel of the standup performances you might here at New York's The Moth."-- Toronto Star "[Joseph Skibell] manages to find humor and self-effacing wit even while contemplating his own mortality and possibly defective memory. Skibell discovers that even when writing so-called 'true' stories, all lives are filled with imaginary things."-- Atlanta Journal Constitution "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tiptoeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." -- James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Humorous and heartfelt . . . Whether the stories are mere snapshots or more extended, [Skibell] writes with a humor that flies under the radar until a joke pops up with a well-timed zing. The emotional core of the stories, though, revolves largely around Skibell's choppy relationship with his strict father. Skibell looks back on their differences with the emotional maturity that comes with time and distance, and his recollections, both funny and somber, resound with feeling."-- Booklist "Colorful and endearing, the book will appeal to readers who appreciate Augusten Burroughs-style, real-life anecdotal ponderings focused on familial ties and how life's eternal cycle of enchantment and disillusionment somehow sustains us. A memoir/essay collection of consistently heartfelt and enlightening morsels of humanity."-- Kirkus Reviews "When [Skibell] turns quietly to the spaces we occupy in real life . . . a wink of illusion and philosophy can be expected . . . Skibell writes with the insight of a philosopher, conveying his ideas with the beauty of a craftsman." --ArtsATL.com "Stories? These wise and humane offerings aren't stories ; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." -- Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend." -- Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "The brilliant novelist detours from fiction with this collection of 16 essays . . . deeply moving, slyly funny meditations on the limits of memory, the meaning of ghosts, and the value of stories."-- Atlanta Magazine, "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend." -- Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tip-toeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." -- James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Veering between laugh-out-loud hilarious and deeply moving . . . Like a literary Louis CK, Skibell is not shy about exposing the foibles of the man he has become, or his clumsy pursuits of happiness." -- Bret Wood, writer/director "These wise and humane offerings aren't stories; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." -- Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, "[Joseph Skibell] manages to find humor and self-effacing wit even while contemplating his own mortality and possibly defective memory. Skibell discovers that even when writing so-called 'true' stories, all lives are filled with imaginary things." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tiptoeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." --James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Colorful and endearing, the book will appeal to readers who appreciate Augusten Burroughs-style, real-life anecdotal ponderings focused on familial ties and how life's eternal cycle of enchantment and disillusionment somehow sustains us. A memoir/essay collection of consistently heartfelt and enlightening morsels of humanity." -- Kirkus Reviews "The brilliant novelist detours from fiction with this collection of 16 essays, which range from a throwaway riff about earworms to deeply moving, slyly funny meditations on the limits of memory, the meaning of ghosts, and the value of stories." -- Atlanta Magazine "Stories? These wise and humane offerings aren't stories; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." -- Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend."-- Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "Like a literary Louis CK--Skibell is not shy about exposing the foibles of the man he has become, or his clumsy pursuits of happiness." -- Bret Wood, writer/director, The Unwanted "A collection of true stories by an award-winning novelist, My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things by Joseph Skibell (Algonquin) touches on the small moments in life -- the daily annoyances, slip-ups, intimacies and mysteries." -- The Jewish Week "Reading him [Joseph Skibell] is like being strapped in for a favorite carnival ride." -- Frank Reiss, owner, A Capella Books, "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend." - Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tip-toeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." - James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Veering between laugh-out-loud hilarious and deeply moving . . . Like a literary Louis CK, Skibell is not shy about exposing the foibles of the man he has become, or his clumsy pursuits of happiness." - Bret Wood, writer/director "These wise and humane offerings aren't stories; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." - Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem, "[Joseph Skibell] manages to find humor and self-effacing wit even while contemplating his own mortality and possibly defective memory. Skibell discovers that even when writing so-called 'true' stories, all lives are filled with imaginary things." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution "This book was like candy to me, the best candy, the kind you find yourself tiptoeing into the kitchen for all night long, trying to sneak one more piece before you're ordered to bed . . . The voice is so beguiling, the tone so sweet and hilarious, you quickly realize that you are in the hands of a master . . . Mr. I. B. Singer, meet Mr. Twain. This is a book to be prized in the way readers prize the work of Charles Portis." --James Magnuson, author of Famous Writers I Have Known "Colorful and endearing, the book will appeal to readers who appreciate Augusten Burroughs-style, real-life anecdotal ponderings focused on familial ties and how life's eternal cycle of enchantment and disillusionment somehow sustains us. A memoir/essay collection of consistently heartfelt and enlightening morsels of humanity." -- Kirkus Reviews "Stories? These wise and humane offerings aren't stories; they're musical notes, from a master composer. And they swirl and swell and come together and echo one another to create a concerto of love and sadness and warmth and humor that will linger in your memory long after reading, as the best music always does." --Jeremy Dauber, author of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem "Joseph Skibell's immense skills as an imaginative and lyrical novelist serve him well in these touching essays about memory and mysticism. You'll laugh and also feel a little bit achy as you hear the voice of an extraordinary storyteller and a wise and witty friend." --Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky "Like a literary Louis CK--Skibell is not shy about exposing the foibles of the man he has become, or his clumsy pursuits of happiness." --Bret Wood, writer/director, The Unwanted "A collection of true stories by an award-winning novelist, My Father's Guitar and Other Imaginary Things by Joseph Skibell (Algonquin) touches on the small moments in life -- the daily annoyances, slip-ups, intimacies and mysteries." -- The Jewish Week "Reading him [Joseph Skibell] is like being strapped in for a favorite carnival ride. " -- Frank Reiss, owner, A Capella Books
Table of Content
CONTENTS My Father's Guitar & Other Imaginary Things 1 International Type of Guy 11 If You Were Smiths 21 Call Morris 29 The Hank Williams Songbook 51 Sex Lives of Our Children 55 Snip Snip Snip 69 Paul McCartney's Phone Number 87 Irvin in Wonderland 89 Get Your Feet Back on the Ground 105 Absolute Elsewhere 109 Don't Mess with Mister In Between 117 Pre-Sweetened without Sugar 129 Wooden Nickels 133 Everybody's Lot 159 Ten Faces 175
Copyright Date
2015
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2015-015881
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813/.54 B
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