Keith Gessen is the author of All the Sad Young Literary Men and a founding editor of n+1. He is the editor of three nonfiction books and the translator or co-translator, from Russian, of a collection of short stories, a book of poems, and a work of oral history, Nobel Prize . Publisher's Summary. A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the 21st century, All the Sad Young Literary Men charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle through the encouragement of the women who love and despise them to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame. · The ambition of young literary Americans is a kind of trench warfare, and Gessen, an editor of the magazine n+1, proves himself not only a capable observer but Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
All the Sad Young Literary Men By Keith Gessen. pages. $, Viking; £, William Heinemann Ltd.. Literary editors who write novels are like princesses who get involved in the. The New York Times loves Keith Gessen. I think he's a highbrow jerk. So I opened his book with a chip on my shoulder. All the Sad Young Literary Men is an underdog's tale, and, from my worm's view of life, anyone with the kind of connections, money, or intelligence to attend Harvard and Syracuse is automatically excluded from the Underdog. "Keith Gessen is a skilful enough writer to give depth and ambiguity to his types." - Sameer Rahim, The Telegraph "All the Sad Young Literary Young Men is packed with clever one-liners and comic set pieces that seem destined for the big screen. But Gessen's vision of young adulthood is surprisingly bleak and at the heart of his novel is a sense.
The ambition of young literary Americans is a kind of trench warfare, and Gessen, an editor of the magazine n+1, proves himself not only a capable observer but a natural novelist with a warm gun. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading All the Sad Young Literary Men. All the Sad Young Literary Men - Kindle edition by Gessen, Keith. Literature Fiction Kindle eBooks @ www.doorway.ru Publisher's Summary. A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the 21st century, All the Sad Young Literary Men charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle through the encouragement of the women who love and despise them to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame.
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