Largesse Of The Sea Maiden, Johnson, Denis

Ranks with the best fiction published by any American writer during this short century.--New York

A posthumous masterpiece.--Entertainment Weekly

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves.

Finished shortly before Johnsons death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come.

Praise for The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

An instant classic.--Newsday

Exceptional luminosity . . . hits a powerful vein.--The New York Times Book Review

Grace and oblivion are inextricably yoked in these transcendent stories. . . . Johnsons] gift is to extract the beauty in all that brokenness.--The Wall Street Journal

Nobody ever wrote like Denis Johnson. Nobody ever came close. . . . Were just left with this miraculous book, these perfect stories, the last words from one of the worlds greatest writers.--NPR

Johnson offers visions and sadness and laughter. But its the sentences--those adamantine, poetic sentences--that made him one of Americas great and lasting writers. Its the sentences that live on.--The Boston Globe

Johnsons fiction . . . overflows with creative energy, moving from one beauty to another with a mercurial, at times almost chaotic grace. Although his characters are often diminished and winnowed by their struggles with life, the narrative voice that describes their travails gives evidence of an imagination that is nearly boundless in its generosity and abundance.--Chicago Tribune