Background
Lish, Gordon was born on February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York, United States. Son of Philip and Regina (Deutsch) Lish.
( Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progre...)
Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progress from desire to the void, through contraction and distractedness. In this perilously original work, composed of six rigorously crafted parts—and informed by a desperately libidinous, grotesquely comic rage—one of the most controversial figures in contemporary American letters brilliantly captures our humanity and Zeitgeist. Central to the novel is the ravishing shriek of a man who seeks to preserve what little there is left to him. It is as if his head were in an ever-tightening vise as he frantically seeks connection with others, knowing all the while the futility of the enterprise. He yearns for some carnal knowledge. He is obsessed with the successful operation of a sexual device. His lover is insensitive, self-absorbed. What is he—a former insane asylum inmate, whose motto used to be "share and share alike," but is now "fair is fair"—supposed to do? Exuberant in the music of its ordinary utterances, anguished and poignant in its declaration of the facts of life, Zimzum is Lish's most compelling novel.
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(Lishs second anthology of new "Esquire" fiction displays ...)
Lishs second anthology of new "Esquire" fiction displays the magazines most distinguished short stories of the last three years.
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( Gordon Lish's first novel tells the story of a serial k...)
Gordon Lish's first novel tells the story of a serial killer who wants Truman Capote to write his biography. In the letter the killer writes to Capote, the details of his life and his modus operandi are revealed.
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( Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progre...)
Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progress from desire to the void, through contraction and distractedness. In this perilously original work, composed of six rigorously crafted parts—and informed by a desperately libidinous, grotesquely comic rage—one of the most controversial figures in contemporary American letters brilliantly captures our humanity and Zeitgeist. Central to the novel is the ravishing shriek of a man who seeks to preserve what little there is left to him. It is as if his head were in an ever-tightening vise as he frantically seeks connection with others, knowing all the while the futility of the enterprise. He yearns for some carnal knowledge. He is obsessed with the successful operation of a sexual device. His lover is insensitive, self-absorbed. What is he—a former insane asylum inmate, whose motto used to be "share and share alike," but is now "fair is fair"—supposed to do? Exuberant in the music of its ordinary utterances, anguished and poignant in its declaration of the facts of life, Zimzum is Lish's most compelling novel.
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(Stories of contemporary marriages, careers, pleasures, an...)
Stories of contemporary marriages, careers, pleasures, and quirks and perhaps some comedy, depending on how the reader views it. The stories in this collection have been published in magazines such as Esquire, Paris Review, Antioch Review and Ploughshares before this cumulative volume. 162 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Henry Holt & Co, New York, 1984.
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(The lives of two vaudeville comedians, Smith and Dale, ar...)
The lives of two vaudeville comedians, Smith and Dale, are followed through their career, in a story told as a series of vaudeville vignettes
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Lish, Gordon was born on February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York, United States. Son of Philip and Regina (Deutsch) Lish.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), State University of New York, 1993.
Editorial director Genesis West, 1961-1965. Editor in chief, director linguistic studies Behavioral Research Laboratories, Menlo Park, California, 1963-1966. With Educational Development Corporation, Palo Alto, 1966-1969.
Fiction editor Esquire magazine, New York City, 1969-1977. With Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1977-1995. Lecturer Yale University, 1970-1974, guest fellow, 1974-1980.
Teacher fiction writing Columbia University, since 1980. Professor New York University College Arts and Sciences.
(At once ribald, hilarious, and moving, a first-person ran...)
(The lives of two vaudeville comedians, Smith and Dale, ar...)
(Lishs second anthology of new "Esquire" fiction displays ...)
(Stories of contemporary marriages, careers, pleasures, an...)
( Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progre...)
( Call it zimzum: how we manage the scandal of our progre...)
( Gordon Lish's first novel tells the story of a serial k...)
( Gordon Lish's first novel tells the story of a serial k...)
(Used Book, but in like new condition.)
( “The creative act par excellence.”—Denis Donoghue “Ex...)
( “The creative act par excellence.”—Denis Donoghue “Ex...)
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Married Loretta Frances Fokes, November 7, 1956 (divorced May 1967). Children: Jennifer, Rebecca, Ethan. Married Barbara Works, May 30, 1969 (deceased September 8, 1994).
1 son, Atticus.