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Willy Vlautin is known to create characters that have gone through such hard times that you just want to scoop them up and give them a hot meal, warm shower, roof over their head for a night, and a million bucks. That goes for both people and animals, like The Horse. It's heartbreaking and heartwarming, just like the author in person.
'Extraordinary.' ANN PATCHETT 'Tremendously compelling.' GUARDIAN 'Bruised and beautiful.' BEN MYERS 'Transcendent.' LA TIMES
Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be a musician.
Al Ward, an ageing musician, is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyotes. Six thousand feet up, thirty miles from the nearest town, and broken by alcoholism and anxiety, Al must decide what to do.
Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!
On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…
I've loved Chuck Palahniuk's style of writing ever since I picked up his first book (which wasn't Fight Club-- I think that's the only one I haven't read). As a fellow writer, I was thrilled to finally read his craft book right in the middle of when I was working on my memoir. It taught me a lot, but mostly how to write bravely.
Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling.
In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing.
With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors…
