false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173596348m/307457.jpg 16713 6 In a volume he describes as "a series of covert and not-so-covert autobiographical pieces," Jonathan Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession&#8212;from western films and comic books, to the music of Pink Floyd and the New York City subway. Along the way, he shows how each of these "voyages out from himself" has led him to the source of his beginnings as a writer. <i>The Disappointment Artist</i> is a series of windows onto the collisions of art, landscape, and personal history that formed Lethem&#8217;s richly imaginative, searingly honest perspective on life. A touching, deeply perceptive portrait of a writer in the making. 911135 2005 The Disappointment Artist: Essays total:654|5:89|4:263|3:215|2:74|1:13| 654 2303 880 77 3 4 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 14:10:07 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 00:06:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 12 19:18:28 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:55:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 15:20:47 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 18:20:58 -0700 2008
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It is a personal espousal of belief in liking what you like, for the reasons you like it, and suffering damn-all to share that liking with oth...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:46:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 23:12:34 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:32:47 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:32:47 -0800 2009 Praise for Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, for what the Baltimore Sun deems "a hybrid tour de force." Not only does Lethem display a broad range of cultural and intellectual knowledge; according to the critics he's mastered the art of memoir as well. The...

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"Hello, my name is Jonathan, and I'm odd and kind of an asshole. Let me assure you, however, that my unfortunate behavior stems from this obsession I have, which I think you'll understand if I explain it to you in detail..."...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Sep 27 13:08:40 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 13:08:40 -0700 2007 "I finished The Disappointment Artist (Jonathan Lethem) this morning. I was so impressed by it. There is so much there that makes me feel gratified, somehow. I guess the ones about Philip K. Dick and Cassavetes were my least favorite, though both nonetheless filled with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 12:06:20 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 12:23:34 -0700 2007 Jonathan Lethem - Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn - and thought I'd try this collection of essays. It really clued me in to the origin of this streak of frenzied, compulsive pop-culture dissection blaring in and out of Fortress of Solitude like a second radio...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 08:36:12 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 08:41:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 09:54:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:54:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 23:41:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:50:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 18:57:41 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 15:32:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Feb 06 14:53:33 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 14:54:57 -0800 2009
Funny, poignant, and always fascinating, Lethem's book reminds us that we are the sum of our experiences, ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=307457