Steve erickson is a titanic talent and deserving of far more recognition than he gets. The jefferson hemings controversy episodes lehigh university. Arc dx is a reckless, visionary elegy for the second millennium and a literary bridge to the third, where feeling is at once heightened and debased, language drained of significance but filled with portent, meaning tensed at the intersection of desire and conscience, male and female, black and white. The hemings story, for example, recently inspired steve ericksons novel arc dx and the merchantivory film jefferson in paris. Steve erickson is a voice from the future of the novel. At ucla i was editor of the literary magazine and received the universitys samuel goldwyn award for my first novela rare instance of a work of fiction winning a. Michael silverblatt, bookworm, kcrw steve erickson is one of the two or three most exciting novelists in the world today, and arc dx is his most exciting novel. Steve erickson the author of days between stations and tours of the black clockfearlessly applies his masterfully. Essays and criticism on steve ericksons arc dx arc dx. On the defensive are the keepers of the jefferson flame, many. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat. Novelist film critic steve erickson discusses the unusual narrative strategies. With ericksons thomas jefferson, the paradox is less admirable but it has the comparable result of. Mindwarping in its vision, absolute in its integrity, arc dx is classic erickson as daring, crazy, and passionate as any american writing since the declaration of independence.
Steve is the author of ten novels, including some of my favorites days between stations, tours of the black clock, arc dx, amnesiascope and. Dream country, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Arc dx 1993, by steve erickson, is an avantpop novel.
The novel that inspired the film starring james franco and seth rogen. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Steve erickson s provocative reimagining of american history. Buy this book erickson, who has attracted a strong following with. In a desperate effort to liberate herself, a fourteenyearold slavemistress to the man who invented americafinds herself flung into a different time and worldsteve erickson s provocative reimagining of american history, arc dx begins with the relationship between thomas jefferson and sally hemings. Read zeroville a novel by steve erickson available from rakuten kobo. The arc of the heart is the central metaphor of steve ericksons constantly inventive and challenging arc dx, a novel that begins in the middle of the eighteenth century and ends, or pauses. Readers who like pynchon, haruki murakami, gaddes and magical realism will all find much to delight in this work that starts from a fictionalized version of the historical fact that sally hemmings and thomas jefferson were lovers and soars into a spirited and imaginative trip across centuries to an. Steve ericksons novels are a mixture of science fiction, philosophy, postmodern experimentation, and good storytelling. Upon publication in 1993 it received wide attention from other novelists such as thomas pynchon, tom. Thomas jeffersons love for, and enslavement of, his mistress, sally heming. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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