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008			140408s2000 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a99085970
020			_a9780060929657
050	0	0	_aPS3560.O3745 _bN36 2000
082	0	0	_aFIC JOH
100	1		_aJohnson, Denis, 1949-
245	1	4	_aThe name of the world _c/ Denis Johnson.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: HarperCollins Publishers _c, c2000.
300			_a129 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_aThis lean but vivid and affecting novel drops us into the world of Michael Reed, who has managed to cocoon himself in a stable but inert life as a university professor after his wife and child are killed in an auto accident. Four years later, his contract expired and with no concrete future plans, Reed knows he needs to finish mourning and move on but can't quite figure out how. A sort of salvation comes in the form of Flower Cannon, a free-spirited student who serendipitously reappears in his path. A simple plot, but for Johnson, it's all in the details, from the hothouse community of academic colleagues down to the simple wisdom of the man who shines your shoes. Opting for quiet revelations, the novel also skillfully weaves away from expected paths; the burdened Reed doesn't explode in random violence, and Flower and Reed don't have a tempestuous love affair. Perhaps best known for the hallucinatory Jesus' Son, Johnson has created a contrasting work suggesting that his talents reach across a wide canvas.
650			_aCollege teachers _v--Fiction
650		4	_aLoss (Psychology) _v--Fiction
650		4	_aWidowers -- _vFiction.
651			_aMiddle West _v--Fiction
655		7	_aPsychological fiction.
942			_cMO
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