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Ghost Years

Barry Gifford

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English
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
21 May 2024
A follow up to the book Roy's World, which inspired the documentary directed by Rob Christopher narrated by Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe, this novel is a tribute to his mother Kitty and the gritty Chicago landscape of his youth.

A tribute to the author's mother Kitty, the gritty Chicago landscape of his youth, and the ""ghost years, that time in your life you don't knowwon't never come again.""

Barry Gifford has been writing the story of America in acclaimed novel after acclaimed novel for the last half-century. Almost all of the stories in Ghost Years takes place in the 1950s, examining the lives of women in that period-the suppression, the lack of opportunities, the dependency on men.

Following his story collection, Roy's World, which inspired the documentary directed by Rob Christopher, narrated by Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon and Willem Dafoe, these storiesshow a childhood in mid-century America filled with innocence, grief, joy and wonder in equal measure.
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Imprint:   Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 208mm,  Width: 140mm, 
Weight:   369g
ISBN:   9781644213773
ISBN 10:   164421377X
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

BARRY GIFFORD is the author of more than forty published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Gifford began his career as a poet and musician. His most recent prose works are The Roy Stories, Landscape With Traveler- The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves, and Jack's Book- An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac. His most recent poetry collection is Imagining Paradise- New and Selected Poems (2012). Gifford lives in the San Francisco area.

Reviews for Ghost Years

""The way Barry Gifford lets people talk articulates everything about their unfamiliar inner lives, and ours.""—Boston Globe ""Gifford cuts right through the heart of what makes a good novel readable and entertaining. . . . The way Barry Gifford does it, it's high art.""—Elmore Leonard ""Gifford, a master of the short story and nasty vignette, can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life.""—New York Times Book Review ""Barry Gifford invented his own American vernacular--William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly""—Jonathan Lethem on Sailor & Lula


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