Jim Dodge Bücher

Jim Dodge wurde 1945 in Kalifornien geboren. Er schrieb Gedichte und Essays. Nachdem er mit 1983 mit „Fup“ einen Durchbruch erlebte, gelten seine Bücher heute in Amerika als Kultklassiker. Dodge lehrt Creative Writing an der Humboldt State University. Thomas Pynchon wurde 1937 in Long Island geboren. Sein einziger öffentlicher Auftritt fand 1953 an der Oyster Bay High School in Long Island statt. Er studierte Physik und Englisch an der Cornell University, später schrieb er für Boeing technische Handbücher und verschwand. Seither sind seine Bücher (u. a. „Die Enden der Parabel“; „V“; „Gegen den Tag“) die einzigen öffentlichen Spuren seiner Existenz. Pynchon gilt als einer der bedeutendsten englischsprachigen Schriftsteller der Gegenwart. Er lebt in New York.

»Trink dies. Sei still. Du wirst ewig leben.« Ein alter Indianer verleiht Granddaddy Jake Unsterblichkeit. Zeit genug also, den perfekten Whiskey zu brennen. Als Jake das Geld ausgeht, adoptiert er seinen Enkel Tiny, der von seinen früh verblichenen Eltern ordentlich geerbt hat. Auf Jakes Ranch vertreiben die beiden sich die Zeit mit Poker und Dame. Bis Tiny ein Entenküken findet: Fup. Das charakterstarke Tier weigert sich zu fliegen und wächst heran zu einem kapitalen Zwanzigpfünder. Doch dann läuft es dem alternden Wildschwein Lockjaw vor die Füße ... »Fup« ist ein Buch voller Wunder und skurriler Gestalten. In seiner liebevollen Fabel um ein drastisches Trio gelingen dem kalifornischen Kultautor Jim Dodge die schönsten Sätze über das Sterben und die Reise in den Himmel. Kongenial übersetzt von Harry Rowohlt und großartig illustriert von Atak.

George is a tow-truck driver who offers his customers one of the few free rides in life in his pure-white, perfect, stolen 1959 Cadillac Eldorado. His mission is the discovery of higher truth and the return of the Caddy to its rightful owner, the Big Bopper. But George meets trouble on the way.

Jim Dodge, renowned for his fiction, reveals his deep-rooted passion for poetry through a collection of limited-edition letterpress chapbooks and broadsides. After years of anonymous publishing and local readings in the Pacific Northwest, he has shared his work with a wider audience since 1987 by gifting winter solstice poems and stories to friends. This journey highlights his dedication to the craft and the intimate nature of his poetry.

There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.

George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers.

When Daniel Pearse's mother dies, he is brought under the guidance of the AMO: the Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. It is an introduction to a world of revenge, revolution and mind-bending chemicals, where anarchists, alchemists and high-stake gamblers exist. It is also a place in which magic and murder are the norm.So Daniel begins a road-trip across America, an extraordinary quest for knowledge and understanding, for a six-pound spherical diamond and for an answer to the question of who killed his mother.Subtitled 'An Alchemical Pot-Boiler', Stone Junction is an unforgettable outlaw classic.

A whimsical story about Grandaddy Jake Santee, a 99-year-old gambler, his adopted grandson Tiny, and Fup, a boozy twenty-pound mallard. Their lives intertwine in humorous and transformative ways, bringing chaos and charm to the Santee household.

In the latter days, the world is portrayed as increasingly chaotic, dominated by godlessness and lawlessness. The Scriptures suggest that this period will be marked by moral decline and societal upheaval, challenging individuals to navigate a landscape where traditional values are under threat. This exploration of prophetic insights encourages readers to reflect on the implications of such a reality and the importance of faith amidst turmoil.