Padgett powell reads from the interrogative mood youtube. If duchamp or maybe magritte wrote a novel it might look something like this remarkable little book of padgett powells. The interrogative mood, serpemts tail, profile books, london, 2011, paper. Padgett powell is the author of six novels, including the interrogative mood and edisto, which was a finalist for the national book award, and two collections of stories. The interrogative mood by padgett powell 2009, hardcover. The interrogative mood demands to be read deliberately, for it is courageous and entertaining and interested in the essential mysteries of self and society.
Theres not a whisper of a plot, but the torrent of queries is hypnotic, and the cumulative effect is of a. Powell, with his outsize romanticism and urge only to connect, shows that it is through questions rather than. Does a nameless horse make you more nervous or less nervous than a. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
While cameron mccabes extraordinary detective novel the face on the cutting room floor interrogates its own generic mystery elements, padgett powells the. The interrogative mood a novel composed entirely of questions, it is perhaps the most audacious literary highwire act since nicholson bakers the mezzanine or david foster wallaces stories. Cries for help, various is the new story collection by padgett powell, the highly acclaimed author of edisto and the interrogative mood. Other questions amount to silly wordplay if a tornado is a torrent of wind, is a hurricane a horrent of wind. The above are my answers to the first paragraph of questions in padgett powell s the interrogative mood.
Unbeknown to me, the interrogative mood had already been published in the united states, and it was good enough to prompt the new york times magazine to assign a writer to do a profile on. Padgett powell, author of the acclaimed the interrogative mood and one of the few truly important american writers of our time sam lipsyte, returns with a hilarious southern sendup of samuel becketts classic waiting for godot truly a master of envelopepushing, postpostmodern american fiction, in a class with nicholas baker and lydia davis, powell. He has used this method to great effect in previous work. The interrogative mood is powell s playful and profound response, a bebop solo of a book in which every sentence is a question. Padgett powell born april 25, 1952 in gainesville, florida is an american novelist in the southern literary tradition. I defy anyone not to sound like powell, at least in her own head, after she reads it. The interrogative mood is a wildly inventive, jazzy meditation on life and language by the novelist that ian frazier hails as one of the best writers in america, and. Cries for help, various by padgett powell catapult.
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Edisto revisited, open road media, new york, 2014, ebook, 169pp. David foster wallace or george saunders, the acclaimed writer padgett powell is fascinated by what it feels li. The interrogative mood by padgett powell goodreads. Through a seemingly random but infinitely artful series of questions this small masterpiece. The rest of us, some of us, dont have that kind of wit and genius. Padgett powell is the author of six novels, including the interrogative mood and edisto, which was a finalist for the national book award, and three collections of stories. Examining how padgett powells treatment of literary devices in the interrogative mood. Playful and profound, powell s book is an exuberant meditation on life and language. Put another way, powells new book is a remarkable collection of philosophical inquiries, stimulating eitherors and goodfaith attempts to. His debut novel, edisto 1984, was nominated for the american book award and was excerpted in the new yorker. He has received a whiting writers award, the rome fellowship in. Richard fordthe interrogative mood is a wildly inventive, jazzy meditation on life and language by the novelist that ian frazier hails as one of the best writers in america, and one of the funniest, too. Share the interrogative mood by padgett powell 2009, hardcover the interrogative mood by padgett powell 2009, hardcover 5.
His 2009 novel, the interrogative mood, is written entirely as a series of. Padgett powell is an american novelist in the southern literary tradition. Padgett powell is the author of six novels and three story collections. The novel contains one hundred and sixtyfour pages of questions, with an average of about six per page, making it just under a thousandquestion book. Whatever it is, the interrogative mood is one of the most audacious literary highwire acts since nicholson bakers the mezzanine powell s unnamed narrator forces us to consider our core beliefs. Mood reads like a manifesto, or perhaps a howto manual, which. Edisto padgett powell free ebooks in the genres you love. Padgett powell is the author of six novels, including edisto, which was nominated for the national book award, and two collections of stories. The interrogative mood is a wildly inventive, jazzy meditation on life and language by the novelist that ian frazier hails as one of the best writers in america, and one of the funniest, too. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The detective as zombie of the interrogative mood in cameron.
Published works include edisto, a woman named drown, typical, mrs. Powell lives in gainesville, florida, where he codirects and teaches. Midnight 20 bates motel tv episode by tucker gates. Padgett powell through a seemingly random but infinitely artful series of questions, the interrogative mood examines life from an original perspective. Wildly ridiculous and laughoutloud funny, it can suddenly turn. If padgett powell s new book is a novel, in some dada sense of the word, it looks awfully similar to a list. Whatever it is, the interrogative mood is stubbornly memorable.
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