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Gates of Eden is a collection of short stories written by Ethan Coen, first published in 1998. The title comes from one of the stories in the book with reference to the biblical Garden of Eden. The stories within the book range from traditional fiction to stories formatted like a radio script.
11 nov 2008 · The same idiosyncratic yet masterful dialogue and scope that is present in the Coen Brothers’ films are present here in this great collection of short stories. These stories are highly recommended for any serious reader of literature, especially American Literature.
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- Steve Brzezinski, Ethan Coen
- $14.99
- Harper Perennial
Gates of Eden: stories. This debut collection from screenplay writer Ethan Coen is peopled with mobsters and hicks, imaginatively crafted and imbued with send-ups of literary classics.
1 gen 1998 · In the eponymous "Gates of Eden," a sexist and self-indulgent detective enters getting lucky but exits soiling himself and with a butt covered in bee stings. In "Cosa Minapolidan" we see homophobia spun into a vengeful gang haggling over a corpse that may or may not have been gay when alive.
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- Paperback
11 nov 2008 · The world within the world we live in comes alive in fourteen brazenly original tragicomic short stories—from the Midwest mob war that fizzles due to the principals' ineptness to the trials of a...
- 0061684880, 9780061684883
- Ethan Coen
- Harper Collins, 2008
The world within the world we live in comes alive in fourteen brazenly original tragicomic short stories—from the Midwest mob war that fizzles due to the principals' ineptness to the trials of a deaf private eye with a blind client to a fugitive's heartbreaking explanation for having beheaded his wife, alarming in that it almost makes sense.
- Ethan Coen
A collection of stories by screenwriter Ethan Coen. Peopled with mobsters and hicks, and peppered with dialogue, some are send-ups of genre classics, while others are miniatures of private...
