Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Poetic Obituaries: A comic genius

who was also able to write what is perhaps the bleakest novel in American fiction, The Sky Changes (1966)--a novel about divorce in America, and his first--[Gilbert] Sorrentino set himself challenges with each new book, generally indifferent to how critics would react.

The range of his work and his absolute dedication to inventing and exploring character are unequalled by any of his contemporaries.

from Center for Book Culture: Gilbert Sorrentino Dead at 77

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