Twice Upon a Time
Stories
Published on 24. September 2013
240 pages
978-1-4804-4424-9 (ISBN)
Description
More sly and imaginative tributes to some of the greatest writing of the modern age, from author Daniel Stern
In Twice Told Tales, Stern wonderfully reimagined classics of world literature-from Forster to Freud-in homage to their authors and the power of great writing. Twice Upon a Timecontinues the project, though this time Stern goes further, weaving stories around texts as diverse as Marx and Engels's The Communist Manifestoand the poetry of Wallace Stevens. In "Bartleby the Scrivener," Melville's famous copyist is relocated to Hollywood; the hero is an agent who "would prefer not to retire."
Infectiously clever, Twice Upon a Timeenchants like the best of the authors to whom it pays tribute.
In Twice Told Tales, Stern wonderfully reimagined classics of world literature-from Forster to Freud-in homage to their authors and the power of great writing. Twice Upon a Timecontinues the project, though this time Stern goes further, weaving stories around texts as diverse as Marx and Engels's The Communist Manifestoand the poetry of Wallace Stevens. In "Bartleby the Scrivener," Melville's famous copyist is relocated to Hollywood; the hero is an agent who "would prefer not to retire."
Infectiously clever, Twice Upon a Timeenchants like the best of the authors to whom it pays tribute.
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Person
Daniel Stern (1928-2007) was an American novelist and scholar. Raised inNew York City, he was an accomplished cellist and promising composer before he began his writing career. After graduating from the High School of Music and Art in New York, he earned positions with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony and played with renowned jazz musician Charlie Parker. He also served as the vice president of major media companies including Warner Bros. and CBS. In addition to publishing nine novels and three collections of short fiction, Stern also served as the editor of
Hampton Shorts. As an author, Stern is celebrated for his explorations of post-World War II Jewish-American life; his novels' formal experimentation; and, in the short-story genre, his innovation of the "twice-told tale."
His writing won many awards throughout his career, including the International Prix du Souvenir from the Bergen Belsen Society and the French government; the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; two Pushcart Prizes; two O. Henry Awards; and the honor of publication in The Best American Short Stories. In addition to serving on the faculty of the University of Houston's creative writing program, he taught at Wesleyan, Pace, New York, and Harvard Universities.
His writing won many awards throughout his career, including the International Prix du Souvenir from the Bergen Belsen Society and the French government; the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; two Pushcart Prizes; two O. Henry Awards; and the honor of publication in The Best American Short Stories. In addition to serving on the faculty of the University of Houston's creative writing program, he taught at Wesleyan, Pace, New York, and Harvard Universities.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
- Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens
- Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
- The Man with the Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens
- The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- About the Author
- Copyright
