"Jesus' Son" by Denis Johnson is a collection of short stories that delve into the life of a drug addict, exploring themes of addiction, despair, and redemption. The writing style is described as raw, poetic, and surreal, with stories that are fast-paced, vivid, and often incomplete, leaving readers with a mix of emotions ranging from humor to sadness. The book features a common narrator who navigates through different settings in the US, providing a glimpse into the lives of irredeemable characters in a hazy, non-sequential narrative.
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Triggers include drug addiction, mental illness, violence, and themes of death and despair.
Has Romance?
While the book does not focus heavily on romance, relationships are present and contribute to the narrator's experiences.
From The Publisher:
American master Denis Johnson's nationally bestselling collection of blistering and indelible tales about America's outcasts and wanderers
Denis Johnson's now classic story collection Jesus' Son chronicles a wild netherworld of addicts and lost souls, a violent and disordered landscape that encompasses every extreme of American culture. These are stories of transcendence and spiraling grief, of hallucinations and glories, of getting lost and found and lost again. The insights and careening energy in Jesus' Son have earned the book a place of its own among the classics of twentieth-century American literature.
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About the Author:
Denis Johnson (1949-2017) is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award.
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