John Metcalf - Free Library Land Online

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Finding Again the World brings together a dozen of the best stories by John Metcalf, a modern master of the form. Spanning more than fifty years and ranging from some of his earliest published stories, such as "Dandelions" and "The Eastmill Reception Centre," to his latest, with "Ceazer Salad" and "The Museum at the End of the World," this current gathering shows a writer whose voice, at every stage of his career, is unmistakeable. These are elegant and brilliantly charged fictions, entertaining and moving and mischievous: taking the dross and straw of everyday life and transforming it, through some sort of alchemical process of sensibility, into art. With an introduction by Keath Fraser, Finding Again the World is a landmark collection, a sumptuous gathering of singular work: these are stories that will last.]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:30:50 +0200 Vital Signs https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/295561-vital_signs.html https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/295561-vital_signs.html

Vital Signs brings together the collected novellas by a modern master of the form, by a writer who Alice Munro has said "often comes as close to the baffling comedy of human experience as a writer can get." Elegant, wry, compassionate and mischievous, Vital Signs will pierce both funny bone and heart.]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2016 09:24:09 +0200 An Aesthetic Underground https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/283020-an_aesthetic_underground.html https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/283020-an_aesthetic_underground.html

"John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."—Alice MunroThe Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the mentor and iconoclast. John Metcalf is a literary legend whose memoir maps the underground he labored tirelessly to establish.]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:13:12 +0200 The Museum at the End of the World https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/287081-the_museum_at_the_end_of_the_world.html https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/287081-the_museum_at_the_end_of_the_world.html

Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, Ontario, the stories in The Museum at the End of the World span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, author John Metcalf paints a portrait of 20th century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth.]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 21:32:09 +0200 Going Down Slow https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/283021-going_down_slow.html https://art.library.land/john-metcalf/283021-going_down_slow.html

First published in 1972, Going Down Slow is an intense and very funny novel about one mans attempt to maintain his sanity, and his sense of humour, in the face of mounting odds. Metcalf's young hero, David Appleby, a young school teacher just over from Britain, is pitted against small-mindedness, prejudice, and temptations that are generations old. The writing is, as one would expect of anything by Metcalf, of the highest order. Going Down Slow is a sharp and biting satire, and an unforgettable novel.]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:13:12 +0200