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Unchangeable Spots of Leopards : A Novel by Kristopher Jansma (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143125028
ISBN-139780143125020
eBay Product ID (ePID)167928223
Product Key Features
Book TitleUnchangeable Spots of Leopards : a Novel
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily Life, Romance / Contemporary, General, Literary
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction
AuthorKristopher Jansma
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"At times, the novel is a string of short stories; at others, it is a set of matroyshka dolls, containing, at one point, a novel within a short story wihthin a novella within a novel. ...Jansma approaches them with wry humor and a steady hand. The narrator's games never fail to entertain, even if he is constantly changing the rules." --The New Yorker "[A] tricky picaresque thick with literary allusion from Fitzgerald to Amis…[A] clever, tightly paced novel of ever-upping stakes." -Vogue.com "Playfully weird...I'd call this book "postmodern," but that makes it sound like it's not as pleasurable to read as it is."- Meg Wolitzer , author of the New York Times bestselling The Interestings on NPR.com "Though one might recognize bits of Dickens, Fitzgerald or Hemingway, this is simply a good case of stealing from geniuses. It's a breathless work the celebrates the literary tradition, while making a strong case that its author belongs on the shelf beside his forebears." -Time Out New York (5 Stars) "Couched in Jansma's wildly recursive funhouse of a novel is a coming-of-age story…filled with clever literary allusions and insider jokes…[T]here's plenty to relish in this noteworthy debut." -Heller McAlpin for NPR.org "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson…[T]he novel strikes a cord on questions of authenticity, love, and ambition, and it reminds us that life is often out of our control, even if we're writing it down." -The Village Voice "One of the best books of the year." -Jeff Glor for CBS Author Talk "[Jansma is] a writer of extreme promise, who seems to belong to an older generation." -Electric Literature "Recommended Reading" "[A] slippery and energetic debut novel…rapid in pace, the language and details tightly controlled…It's tremendous fun, this book." -San Francisco Journal of Books "[T]his mind-blowing spiral of a book will also appeal to anyone who enjoys their fiction as playful as it is intriguing." -Book Reporter "The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards' intricate narrative game and its carbon-burning escapades add up to a novel that is wise about identity and aspiration, competitive storytelling, romantic obsession and the assertion that 'all these stories are true, only somewhere else.'" -Shelf Awareness "Captivating…[A] smart, searching debut about art and identity." -Library Journal "[A] canny, seductive, and utterly transfixing tale about the magic of storytelling and the misery of writing…Like a magician pulling a seemingly endless string of colorful scarves from a hat, Jansma streams stories-within-stories-within-stories, each a diabolically clever homage… Readers will detect riffs on Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Truman Capote, Bob Dylan, Tolstoy, Salinger, Borges, Kipling, and many more…A first novel with the strength and agility of a great cat leaping through rings of fire." -Booklist (Starred)
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisWinner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award Honorable Mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" ( The Village Voice ) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe--from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable--yet hopelessly earnest--narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice., "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" ( The Village Voice ) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe--from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable--yet hopelessly earnest--narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice., Winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award Honorable Mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" ( The Village Voice ) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe-from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable-yet hopelessly earnest-narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.
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