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Denis Johnson’s Perfect Short Story
- StavrosK 10y agoI initially didn't want to share the story, because I didn't want to take revenue away from the Paris Review, but fuck that site for making me run around in circles for five minutes, trying to sign up, and telling me my password is wrong right after it told me to sign in right after I signed up. Seriously, if your bullshit site doesn't log me in immediately after I just created an account, you're a bad person. If it tells me that the username and password I JUST CREATED are wrong, get another job, I hate you. Here: https://www.pastery.net/fekfpb/ https://www.pastery.net/fekfpb/
- Terretta 10y agoLink goes to review republished from 2012 on Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/eugenides_on_denis_johnson_blistering_brilliant/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/03/eugenides_on_denis_johnson_b... Paris Review links to subscriber only story. So, alternative sources: http://public.wsu.edu/~bryanfry/Johnson,%20Car%20Crash.pdf http://public.wsu.edu/~bryanfry/Johnson,%20Car%20Crash.pdf https://professormarissa.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/denisjohnsoncarcrash.pdf https://professormarissa.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/denisjo...
- bamurphymac1 10y agoPerfect indeed! That last paragraph!
- klenwell 10y agoThere's a last paragraph from another story in that collection that's stuck with me ever since I first read it: Will you believe me when I tell you there was kindness in his heart? His left hand didn't know what his right hand was doing. It was only that certain important connections had been burned through. If I opened up your head and ran a hot soldering iron around in your brain, I might turn you into someone like that.
- StavrosK 10y agoWhat was it? I read the story but didn't get the meaning.
- tps5 10y agoJesus' Son has a special place in the "drug fiction" subgenre (of which I am a big fan) alongside Trainspotting and A Scanner Darkly.