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420 Characters by Lou Beach (2011, Hardcover)
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Within this collection of miniature stories, entire worlds take shape—some like our own, some hallucinatory fairylands--populated by heartsick cowboys, random criminals, lovers and drifters. In a dazzling narrative constellation, Beach’s characters contend with the strange and terrible and beautiful in life, and no outcome is certain. Begun as a series of Facebook status updates, 420 Characters marks a new turn in an acclaimed artist and illustrator’s career, and features original collages by the author.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100547617933
ISBN-139780547617930
eBay Product ID (ePID)99351629
Product Key Features
Book Title420 Characters
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicShort Stories (Single Author)
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorLou Beach
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-009143
Reviews"They are minimalist in word count only, since Beach's imagination ranges as widely as his protagonists....Just because a story is short, even really, really short, doesn't mean it can't contain multitudes...the cumulative effect is one of gravity, humor and conviction....some of the experiments produce surprising and beautiful results." -- New York Times Book Review "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." -- New York Magazine "Marvels of economy." -- New York Times T Magazine "Beach has managed to pack each tiny tale with vivid descriptions and narratives that are at once funny, sad, and bracing." --Studio 360 "Beach has conjured self-contained, snow-globe-like worlds that are, like the dog curled up by the staircase, perfect." -- Elle "These thought-provoking vignettes from illustrator Lou Beach are funny, poetic, touching, sexy, twisted--scene-and-character sketches replete with bumpkins, criminals, angry teens, truckers, boozers, bimbos, animals, and sentient objects. Best savored one or two a day." -- Mother Jones "[Beach's] ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of fiction a keeper . . . Every story here is sharpened to a point." -- The Observer's Very Short List "It's rare to find a book as seamless and fascinating as Lou Beach's 420 Characters ." --Baltimore Citypaper "From the great collagist and graphic designer Lou Beach comes a mischievous montage of a different sort: a tiny book filled with tiny stories . . . tragic, absurd, and sweet by turns, each snip of a story is a gem, able to hold its own against more standard-length fare." -- Flavorwire (A Must-Read Pick for December) "Bizarre and awesome." -- Bookslut "This charming stocking stuffer proves just how much "Beach injects these tidy depictions with...boundless, michievous imagination... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound...sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun." -- Publishers Weekly "Eclectic, vivid moments in time, delivered in the exacting limits of social media...bold, impulsive flash fiction... These moments are...theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary cool." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll wit...endearing and estranging...a sharp and wonderfully funny debut...these stories add up to something wonderful." -- Library Journal "Renowned for his intricate collages, a suite of which are reproduced here in full color, Beach brings his great gift for unexpected juxtapositions to his brief yet richly evocative and crisply visualized tales. Linked by reappearing characters, these microdramas of malaise and desire have an outlaw element, wry humor, frissons of creepiness, and bursts of beauty. Drifting in time, Beach's potent little stories tell of love and family gone horribly wrong, drunkenness and desperation, dreams and wonder . . . Beach's concentrated improvisations are emotive, disarming, and resplendent." -- Booklist "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." --Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." --Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." --J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence." --Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." --Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality, "They are minimalist in word count only, since Beach's imagination ranges as widely as his protagonists….Just because a story is short, even really, really short, doesn't mean it can't contain multitudes…the cumulative effect is one of gravity, humor and conviction….some of the experiments produce surprising and beautiful results." - New York Times Book Review "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." - New York Magazine "Marvels of economy." - New York Times T Magazine "Beach has managed to pack each tiny tale with vivid descriptions and narratives that are at once funny, sad, and bracing." -Studio 360 "Beach has conjured self-contained, snow-globe-like worlds that are, like the dog curled up by the staircase, perfect." - Elle "These thought-provoking vignettes from illustrator Lou Beach are funny, poetic, touching, sexy, twisted-scene-and-character sketches replete with bumpkins, criminals, angry teens, truckers, boozers, bimbos, animals, and sentient objects. Best savored one or two a day." - Mother Jones "[Beach's] ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of fiction a keeper . . . Every story here is sharpened to a point." - The Observer's Very Short List "It's rare to find a book as seamless and fascinating as Lou Beach's 420 Characters ." -Baltimore Citypaper "From the great collagist and graphic designer Lou Beach comes a mischievous montage of a different sort: a tiny book filled with tiny stories . . . tragic, absurd, and sweet by turns, each snip of a story is a gem, able to hold its own against more standard-length fare." - Flavorwire (A Must-Read Pick for December) "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut "This charming stocking stuffer proves just how much "Beach injects these tidy depictions with...boundless, michievous imagination... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound...sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun." - Publishers Weekly "Eclectic, vivid moments in time, delivered in the exacting limits of social media...bold, impulsive flash fiction... These moments are...theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary cool." - Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll wit...endearing and estranging...a sharp and wonderfully funny debut...these stories add up to something wonderful." - Library Journal "Renowned for his intricate collages, a suite of which are reproduced here in full color, Beach brings his great gift for unexpected juxtapositions to his brief yet richly evocative and crisply visualized tales. Linked by reappearing characters, these microdramas of malaise and desire have an outlaw element, wry humor, frissons of creepiness, and bursts of beauty. Drifting in time, Beach's potent little stories tell of love and family gone horribly wrong, drunkenness and desperation, dreams and wonder . . . Beach's concentrated improvisations are emotive, disarming, and resplendent." - Booklist "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence." -Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality, "They are minimalist in word count only , since Beach's imagination ranges as widely as his protagonists ….Just because a story is short, even really, really short, doesn't mean it can't contain multitudes…the cumulative effect is one of gravity, humor and conviction….some of the experiments produce surprising and beautiful results." - New York Times Book Review "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." -- New York Magazine " Marvels of economy ." -- New York Times T Magazine "Beach has managed to pack each tiny tale with vivid descriptions and narratives that are at once funny, sad, and bracing ." -Studio 360 " Beach has conjured self-contained, snow-globe-like worlds that are, like the dog curled up by the staircase, perfect." - Elle "These thought-provoking vignettes from illustrator Lou Beach are funny, poetic, touching, sexy, twisted -scene-and-character sketches replete with bumpkins, criminals, angry teens, truckers, boozers, bimbos, animals, and sentient objects. Best savored one or two a day ." - Mother Jones "[Beach''s] ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of fiction a keeper . . . Every story here is sharpened to a point ." - The Observer''s Very Short List "It's rare to find a book as seamless and fascinating as Lou Beach's 420 Characters ." -Baltimore Citypaper"From the great collagist and graphic designer Lou Beach comes a mischievous montage of a different sort: a tiny book filled with tiny stories . . . tragic, absurd, and sweet by turns , each snip of a story is a gem, able to hold its own against more standard-length fare." - Flavorwire (A Must-Read Pick for December)" Bizarre and awesome ." - Bookslut "This charming stocking stuffer proves just how much "Beach injects these tidy depictions with... boundless, michievous imagination ... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound... sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun ." -- Publishers Weekly " Eclectic, vivid moments in time , delivered in the exacting limits of social media... bold, impulsive flash fiction ... These moments are... theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary coo l." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll wit... endearing and estranging .. .a sharp and wonderfully funny debut ...these stories add up to something wonderful ." -- Library Journal "Renowned for his intricate collages, a suite of which are reproduced here in full color, Beach brings his great gift for unexpected juxtapositions to his brief yet richly evocative and crisply visualized tales . Linked by reappearing characters, these microdramas of malaise and desire have an outlaw element, wry humor, frissons of creepiness, and bursts of beauty. Drifting in time, Beach's potent little stories tell of love and family gone horribly wrong, drunkenness and desperation, dreams and wonder . . . Beach's concentrated improvisations are emotive, disarming, and resplendent ." - Booklist " Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance ." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence ." --Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality, "They are minimalist in word count only, since Beach's imagination ranges as widely as his protagonists….Just because a story is short, even really, really short, doesn't mean it can't contain multitudes…the cumulative effect is one of gravity, humor and conviction….some of the experiments produce surprising and beautiful results." - New York Times Book Review "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." - New York Magazine "Marvels of economy." - New York Times T Magazine "Beach has managed to pack each tiny tale with vivid descriptions and narratives that are at once funny, sad, and bracing." -Studio 360 "Beach has conjured self-contained, snow-globe-like worlds that are, like the dog curled up by the staircase, perfect." - Elle "These thought-provoking vignettes from illustrator Lou Beach are funny, poetic, touching, sexy, twisted-scene-and-character sketches replete with bumpkins, criminals, angry teens, truckers, boozers, bimbos, animals, and sentient objects. Best savored one or two a day." - Mother Jones "[Beach''s] ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of fiction a keeper . . . Every story here is sharpened to a point." - The Observer''s Very Short List "It's rare to find a book as seamless and fascinating as Lou Beach's 420 Characters ." -Baltimore Citypaper "From the great collagist and graphic designer Lou Beach comes a mischievous montage of a different sort: a tiny book filled with tiny stories . . . tragic, absurd, and sweet by turns, each snip of a story is a gem, able to hold its own against more standard-length fare." - Flavorwire (A Must-Read Pick for December) "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut "This charming stocking stuffer proves just how much "Beach injects these tidy depictions with...boundless, michievous imagination... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound...sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun." - Publishers Weekly "Eclectic, vivid moments in time, delivered in the exacting limits of social media...bold, impulsive flash fiction... These moments are...theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary cool." - Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll wit...endearing and estranging...a sharp and wonderfully funny debut...these stories add up to something wonderful." - Library Journal "Renowned for his intricate collages, a suite of which are reproduced here in full color, Beach brings his great gift for unexpected juxtapositions to his brief yet richly evocative and crisply visualized tales. Linked by reappearing characters, these microdramas of malaise and desire have an outlaw element, wry humor, frissons of creepiness, and bursts of beauty. Drifting in time, Beach's potent little stories tell of love and family gone horribly wrong, drunkenness and desperation, dreams and wonder . . . Beach's concentrated improvisations are emotive, disarming, and resplendent." - Booklist "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence." -Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality, PRAISE FOR 420 CHARACTERS "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." -- New York Magazine "Marvels of economy." -- New York Times T Magazine "Beach injects these tidy depictions with... boundless, michievous imagination ... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound... sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun ." -- Publishers Weekly " Eclectic, vivid moments in time , delivered in the exacting limits of social media... bold, impulsive flash fiction ... These moments are... theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary coo l." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll witl... endearing and estranging .. .a sharp and wonderfully funny debut ...these stories add up to something wonderful ." -- Library Journal "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence."--Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut PRAISE FOR THE ARTWORK OF LOU BEACH "The art of Lou Beach is probably smarter than you." -Matt Groening "Very precise hallucinations ... taking your breath away." -George Saunders "Original, provocative, definitely outside the box." -Jeff Bridges, "Original, provocative, definitely outside the box."-Jeff Bridges "The art of Lou Beach is probably smarter than you."-Matt Groening "Holy sh*t! Those are great! May [Beach's stories] last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way."-J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence."-Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood."-Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality"Very precise hallucinations ... taking your breath away."-George Saunders "Bizarre and awesome."- Bookslut, PRAISE FOR 420 CHARACTERS "Marvels of economy."-- New York Times T Magazine "Beach injects these tidy depictions with... boundless, michievous imagination ... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound... sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun ." -- Publishers Weekly " Eclectic, vivid moments in time , delivered in the exacting limits of social media... bold, impulsive flash fiction ... These moments are... theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary coo l." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll witl... endearing and estranging .. .a sharp and wonderfully funny debut ...these stories add up to something wonderful ." -- Library Journal "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence."--Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut PRAISE FOR THE ARTWORK OF LOU BEACH "The art of Lou Beach is probably smarter than you." -Matt Groening "Very precise hallucinations ... taking your breath away." -George Saunders "Original, provocative, definitely outside the box." -Jeff Bridges, PRAISE FOR 420 CHARACTERS "Beach injects these tidy depictions with... boundless, michievous imagination ... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound... sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun ." -- Publishers Weekly " Eclectic, vivid moments in time , delivered in the exacting limits of social media... bold, impulsive flash fiction ... These moments are... theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary coo l." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll witl... endearing and estranging .. .a sharp and wonderfully funny debut ...these stories add up to something wonderful ." -- Library Journal "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence."--Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut PRAISE FOR THE ARTWORK OF LOU BEACH "The art of Lou Beach is probably smarter than you." -Matt Groening "Very precise hallucinations ... taking your breath away." -George Saunders "Original, provocative, definitely outside the box." -Jeff Bridges, "They are minimalist in word count only, since Beache(tm)s imagination ranges as widely as his protagonistse.Just because a story is short, even really, really short, doesne(tm)t mean it cane(tm)t contain multitudesethe cumulative effect is one of gravity, humor and convictione.some of the experiments produce surprising and beautiful results." e" New York Times Book Review "A dreamy collection of mini stories and illustrations..." e" New York Magazine "Marvels of economy." e" New York Times T Magazine "Beach has managed to pack each tiny tale with vivid descriptions and narratives that are at once funny, sad, and bracing." e"Studio 360 "Beach has conjured self-contained, snow-globe-like worlds that are, like the dog curled up by the staircase, perfect." e" Elle "These thought-provoking vignettes from illustrator Lou Beach are funny, poetic, touching, sexy, twistede"scene-and-character sketches replete with bumpkins, criminals, angry teens, truckers, boozers, bimbos, animals, and sentient objects. Best savored one or two a day." e" Mother Jones "[Beach's] ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of fiction a keeper . . . Every story here is sharpened to a point." e" The Observer's Very Short List "Ite(tm)s rare to find a book as seamless and fascinating as Lou Beache(tm)s 420 Characters ." e"Baltimore Citypaper "From the great collagist and graphic designer Lou Beach comes a mischievous montage of a different sort: a tiny book filled with tiny stories . . . tragic, absurd, and sweet by turns, each snip of a story is a gem, able to hold its own against more standard-length fare." e" Flavorwire (A Must-Read Pick for December) "Bizarre and awesome." e" Bookslut "This charming stocking stuffer proves just how much "Beach injects these tidy depictions with...boundless, michievous imagination... Unforced, thoughtful, occasionally profound...sly, surprising, playful, puzzling--and great fun." e" Publishers Weekly "Eclectic, vivid moments in time, delivered in the exacting limits of social media...bold, impulsive flash fiction... These moments are...theatrical, instantly recognizable and slide off the tongue with the cacophony of a Tom Waits riff. An adroit experiment that marries linguistic restraint to literary cool." e" Kirkus Reviews "Sharp and driven by a droll wit...endearing and estranging...a sharp and wonderfully funny debut...these stories add up to something wonderful." e" Library Journal "Renowned for his intricate collages, a suite of which are reproduced here in full color, Beach brings his great gift for unexpected juxtapositions to his brief yet richly evocative and crisply visualized tales. Linked by reappearing characters, these microdramas of malaise and desire have an outlaw element, wry humor, frissons of creepiness, and bursts of beauty. Drifting in time, Beache(tm)s potent little stories tell of love and family gone horribly wrong, drunkenness and desperation, dreams and wonder . . . Beache(tm)s concentrated improvisations are emotive, disarming, and resplendent." e" Booklist "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." e"Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." e"Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." e"J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence." e"Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." e"Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality, PRAISE FOR 420 CHARACTERS "Holy shit! Those are great! ... May they last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "[Beach] understands narrative in a deep way." -J. Robert Lennon "Lou Beach is full of wit, mirth and intelligence."--Gary Panter, Emmy Award-winning author of Jimbo in Purgatory "In only a few sentences, he remarkably manages to evoke character, milieu and mood." -Joe Frank, Peabody Award-winning radio personality "Bizarre and awesome." - Bookslut PRAISE FOR THE ARTWORK OF LOU BEACH "The art of Lou Beach is probably smarter than you." -Matt Groening "Very precise hallucinations ... taking your breath away." -George Saunders "Original, provocative, definitely outside the box." -Jeff Bridges, "May [these stories] last a thousand years and be chiseled in stone." -Jonathan Lethem "Lou Beach uses words with no sympathy for the reader. He beats us senseless with his brilliance." -Terry Gilliam "Bizarre and awesome."- Bookslut
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SynopsisWithin this collection of miniature stories, entire worlds take shape--some like our own, some hallucinatory fairylands--populated by heartsick cowboys, random criminals, lovers and drifters. In a dazzling narrative constellation, Beach's characters contend with the strange and terrible and beautiful in life, and no outcome is certain. Begun as a series of Facebook status updates, 420 Characters marks a new turn in an acclaimed artist and illustrator's career, and features original collages by the author., The debut fiction project of an acclaimed artist and illustrator, 420 CHARACTERS is a collection of sharp and evocative miniature stories first presented as Facebook status updates.
LC Classification NumberPS3602.E226A15 2011
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- 07 May, 2019
Why you need this book
Can you tell a complete horror story in just 5 sentences beginning to end that will have readers on the edge of their seats filled with dread? You can if your name is Lou Beach. Each short (short, short) story in this little volume is onlly 420 words or less long, hence the title. Some of the stories are comedy, some are tragedy, all are compelling. I laughed, I cried, I trembled. This guy is a word ninja. You Need this book in your collection.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
