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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399165886
ISBN-139780399165887
eBay Product ID (ePID)159731151
Product Key Features
Book TitleEmpty Chair
Number of Pages306 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary
Publication Year2013
GenreFiction
AuthorBruce Wagner
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Wagner's book deftly illustrates how the quest for spirituality and self-realization underscore one's understanding of the purpose of life."- Publisher's Weekly "While Wagner's trademark scathing satirical skills are in full force thanks to his sprightly word play and jaundiced observations, his purposeful exploration of the nature and importance of storytelling takes him in a subtly nuanced new direction."- Booklist "Lushly embroidered with allusions to the Beat Generation…Wagner meditates on our fundamental cravings for connections-both human and divine-and meanings-both personal and cosmic-with wit, compassion and a sharp eye for the lies we tell ourselves."- Kirkus, STARRED review "[R]emarkable…[ The Empty Chair ] would make a fine fictional companion to the Trappist monk Thomas Merton's writings on spiritual outrage…The soul's cry beneath that rage is the gold Wagner has mined here, and he delivers it to us with a beneficent and magisterial touch." -Dani Shapiro, The New York Times Book Review "[ The Empty Chair ] demonstrates Mr. Wagner's range as a writer, reminding us…that he possesses a fluent ability to move back and forth between the satiric and the sympathetic, the scabrous and the tender….The strange and terrible connection between the two tales that is eventually revealed not only reminds us of Mr. Wagner's love of coincidence but also makes us ponder, as his characters do, big existential questions about fate (versus randomness), destiny (versus free will) and the patterning (or lack of patterning) in the universe." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The novellas are absorbing on their own, but what really makes The Empty Chair a gem is how two people from completely different backgrounds could tell two true stories that are extraordinarily intertwined." - Esquire
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisComposed of two companion novellas, "The Empty Chair" is a profound, heart-wrenching piece of spiritual storytelling from Bruce Wagner, the internationally acclaimed author of such novels as "Dead Stars, I'm Losing You "and" Force Majeure." In "First Guru," a fictional Wagner narrates the tale of a Buddhist living in Big Sur, who achieves enlightenment in the horrific aftermath of his child's suicide. In "Second Guru," Queenie, an aging wild child, returns to India to complete the spiritual journey of her youth. Told in ravaged, sensuous detail to the author-narrator by two strangers on opposite sides of the country, years apart from each other, both stories illuminate the random, chaotic nature of human suffering and the miraculous strength of the human spirit. A deeply affecting and meditative reading experience, "The Empty Chair" is an exquisitely rendered, thought-provoking, and humbling new work., Composed of two companion novellas, The Empty Chair is a profound, heart-wrenching piece of spiritual storytelling from Bruce Wagner, the internationally acclaimed author of such novels as Dead Stars , I'm Losing You , and Force Majeure . In First Guru , a fictional Wagner narrates the tale of a Buddhist living in Big Sur, who achieves enlightenment in the horrific aftermath of his child's suicide. In Second Guru , Queenie, an aging wild child, returns to India to complete the spiritual journey of her youth. Told in ravaged, sensuous detail to the author-narrator by two strangers on opposite sides of the country, years apart from each other, both stories illuminate the random, chaotic nature of human suffering and the miraculous strength of the human spirit. A deeply affecting and meditative reading experience, The Empty Chair is an exquisitely rendered, thought-provoking, and humbling new work. Praise for Bruce Wagner 'Wagner shamelessly writes with his heart on his sleeve, daring his readers to be so callous as to question fiction's ability to imagine the impossible.' John Freeman, The Boston Globe 'There are few writers capable of escorting us more convincingly into a character's tender, gnarled mind . . . . Every page contains something statically electric enough to scorch the hair from your arms.' Tom Bissell, GQ ' He takes great pains to endow his . . . creations with detailed and vivid inner lives, in which even the shallowest circumstances are transformed into high-stakes questions of spiritual life and death.' Chris Lehmann, The Washington Post Book World 'He is a visionary posing as a farceur.' Salman Rushdie 'Wagner delineates his characters with such sympathy and verve, such a sharp eye . . . that they become palpable human beings, real in their griefs and yearnings and illusions.' Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
