Jim Krusoe is an American novelist and short story writer whose works are known for their unique blend of the absurd and profound human insight. His writing often explores themes of identity, memory, and the search for meaning in an often bizarre world. Krusoe masterfully employs language to create imagery that is both vivid and unsettling, inviting readers to contemplate the nature of reality.
Exploring the boundaries of reality and fantasy, this book delves into the interplay between life and the afterlife. It invites readers to navigate a landscape where fact intertwines with imagination, blurring the lines between the tangible and the surreal. Through its unique narrative, it challenges perceptions and encourages reflection on the nature of existence.
A fountain-pen repairman journeys to the forest where he was raised, oblivious to the war playing out between the earth and the sky, where he encounters an odd cast of characters in this new novel from the author of Toward You. Original.
Bob, an upholsterer, is also secretly trying to create a machine to communicate with the dead. His life takes a turn when he receives a message from a dog and reconnects with his ex-girlfriend Yvonne, who brings her daughter Dee Dee into his life. As chaos ensues, the urgency to perfect his invention grows. This novel, completing a trilogy, delves into the connections between life and death, while also reflecting on the significance of storytelling amidst themes of longing, distraction, and hope.
Theodore's journey begins with a mysterious postcard from his deceased mother, compelling him to confront the past. As he travels to Cleveland, he encounters a diverse cast, including Uleene from an all-girl biker club, while navigating themes of life, death, and the connections that bind them. This thoughtful novel intertwines art, sport fishing, and the unconventional world of rodent extermination, revealing the fluidity of existence and the complexities of familial ties in a unique narrative.
Iceland follows the absurd adventures of its narrator, Paul, from making love to a woman named Emily whom he meets by a swimming pool filled with floating internal organs, to falling into an underground river in a volcano in Iceland, to sitting in a piano bar for six years crying over the lyrics to "The Banana Boat Song." Driven by Paul's obsession to be reunited with Emily, the plot leaps hilariously through time, coincidence, and disjointed logic, with only the narrator's ludicrous perspective to hold it on course. Reminiscent of Raymond Roussel and Harry Mathews, Krusoe has combined an eccentric character and an outlandish plot to create an unforgettable book.