Going Down
A Novel
$25.99
- Paperback
290 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2005
Summary
Unlike David Markson’s most recent works, including Vanishing Point and Wittgenstein’s Mistress, which David Foster Wallace described as “pretty much the high point of experimental fiction in this country,” his early novel, Going Down, is a more traditional effort, a masterfully plotted narrative set in Mexico in the 1960s. Three Americans, a man and two women, are living together in obvious intimacy. Their habits, strange to the Mexicans, are strangest of all to themselves.When Fern Winters’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781593760649 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1593760647 |
| Author: | David Markson |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 290 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2005 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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“A very contemporary, very literate record of despair: all of it in fact seems to be taking place in darkness, in shadows, in the rain, or in the secret criminal places of the heart… supremely successful.”
About The Author
David Markson
David Markson is the author of five novels, including Springer’s Progress, Wittgenstein’s Mistress, and Reader’s Block. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Salon Book Award. He lives in New York City.
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