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Jesus' Son is a 1992 book of short fiction by Denis Johnson, featuring a narrator named "Fuckhead" who struggles with drug addiction and crime. The stories are linked by themes of violence, loss, and redemption, and are influenced by the Velvet Underground song "Heroin".
- Denis Johnson
- 1992
Jesus' Son is a drama film based on Denis Johnson's short story collection of the same name. It follows the life of F.H., a heroin addict and recovering alcoholic, and his encounters with various characters in the 1970s.
Jan 1, 2001 · Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory vision of contemporary American life unmatched in power and immediacy and marks a new level of achievement for this acclaimed writer.
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Feb 14, 2012 · And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who’d love me. And then I would remember I had a wife at home who loved me, or later that my wife had left me and I was terrified, or again later that I had a beautiful alcoholic girlfriend who would make me happy forever.
Download the entire Jesus' Son study guide as a printable PDF! Complete summary of Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Jesus' Son.
Jesus’ Son (1992) is a collection of short fiction by American writer Denis Johnson, published by Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux. It explores themes of The Slipperiness of Time, Substance Use Disorder, and Violence as Inevitability.
May 26, 2017 · Award-winning writer Denis Johnson died Thursday at 67, according to his publisher, Farrar Straus and Giroux. The prolific writer explored many forms during his career, and in 2007, novelist...
