Humor

Hardback

Main Details

Title Humor
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stanley Donwood
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 223,Width 145
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571312436
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 6 November 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

There was disaster coming; that was blindingly obvious. Life had been almost ridiculously easy, and now things were going to get worse. Much, much worse. I couldn't believe that I had ever thought otherwise. I couldn't believe that I'd ever thought that there could be any other outcome. Stanley Donwood's fictional universe is one in which anything can happen, and frequently does. Disappearances (people, things) are everyday. Relationships are unstable. Nature has turned unnatural. It's the kind of world (the kind of book) in which you might walk into a room only to find, that room, has . no . floor. A substantial selection of Stanley's fiction over the past ten years or so, Humor shows a contemporary master of the micro narrative. Apocalyptic, funny, unsettling and hallucinogenic in their intensity, Stanley Donwood's stories present a series of haunting episodes in a world drained of meaning, sense and consequence.

Author Biography

Stanley Donwood is an artist. He has produced record covers for Radiohead and exhibited worldwide.