Lucky Alan and Other Stories - Hardcover

"Lethem is, of course, a king of sentences.... Lethem works in an interesting literary space between realism and absurdism, modernism and postmodernism, satire and a particular brand of DeLillo-inspired darkness.... His talent is large and, as these stories demonstrate, his eye is as sharp as ever."
- "New York Times Book Review"

Jonathan Lethem s imagination seemingly knows no bounds....Comparisons might be drawn to writers ranging from Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami to Margaret Atwood and J.D. Salinger.

"-- Chicago Tribune"

"Rewards await the reader who commits to this slim volume.... "Lucky Alan "is a beguiling addition to a shelf full of uniquely inventive books by a master of genres with a legitimate claim to the much-contested throne."

-- "The Miami Herald"

[T]ypically odd, funny and easy to love . [A] pleasing schizophrenia and a remarkable variety in affect and ambition within one collection.

--" LA Times"

[A] great introduction to the sometimes heartbreaking, often surreal world of Jonathan Lethem "

-- NPR
"Mr. Lethem is a a nimble and resourceful writer."
-- Michiko Kakutani, "New York Times ""

"Lethem is, of course, a king of sentences.... Lethem works in an interesting literary space between realism and absurdism, modernism and postmodernism, satire and a particular brand of DeLillo-inspired darkness.... His talent is large and, as these stories demonstrate, his eye is as sharp as ever."
- New York Times Book Review

Jonathan Lethem s imagination seemingly knows no bounds....Comparisons might be drawn to writers ranging from Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami to Margaret Atwood and J.D. Salinger.

-- Chicago Tribune

"Rewards await the reader who commits to this slim volume.... Lucky Alan is a beguiling addition to a shelf full of uniquely inventive books by a master of genres with a legitimate claim to the much-contested throne."

-- The Miami Herald

[T]ypically odd, funny and easy to love . [A] pleasing schizophrenia and a remarkable variety in affect and ambition within one collection.

-- LA Times

[A] great introduction to the sometimes heartbreaking, often surreal world of Jonathan Lethem "

-- NPR
"Mr. Lethem is a a nimble and resourceful writer."
-- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times