David R. Slavitt
"Slavitt is a master satirist, whose
elegant, irreverent prose
is full of witty quotations that we want to read aloud to
friends."
—Edward Hower, Philadelphia Inquirer
David R. Slavitt is the author of going on a hundred volumes
of fiction, poetry, and poetry and drama in translation. He is a
very funny, very serious national treasure. He lives in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL: A NOVEL.
Not only a wise reflection on the novel and its relationship to
life, but also a finely crafted look at depression from the
inside, both humorous and moving.
"A complete experience, at once
laughing-out-loud funny and breath-catching, heart-breakingly
sad.
It explodes the idea of the novel while defining and
celebrating it."
—George Garrett
$20 cloth, 188 pp., ISBN-0945774-56-7. Also
available as an e-book.
GET THEE TO A NUNNERY: A
Pair of Shakespearean Divertimentos. Intellectual
entertainment doesn't get any better than these two novellas,
which retell two of Shakespeare's plays, Romeo and Juliet
and Measure for Measure, from the points of view of
minor characters.
"The two novella-length pieces ...
employ Machiavellian storytelling
that subverts the original story with a new twist. ...
devilishly clever."
—Publishers Weekly
$19.95 cloth, 192 pp., ISBN-0945774-41-9.
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