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Novel
ISBN
9781608198542
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1608198545
ISBN-13
9781608198542
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113128577

Product Key Features

Book Title
Big Ray : a Novel
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Family Life, General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Michael Kimball
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in

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23
Reviews
"[An] astonishingly moving novel... We're left gasping for air... Danny's emotions unfold as slowly as the carefully dispensed facts of the story, and to mesmerizing effect... Big Ray is an appalling tale told with anger, dark humor and surprising tenderness." - Alec Solomita, Wall Street Journal "In this tender, gorgeous novel , Michael Kimball explores how we try to understand even the most difficult family members."-Leigh Newman, Oprah.com "[Big Ray is] a great character... He's dead at the start of the novel, and it's impossible not to wish him deader... Mr. Kimball is not one to flinch, and this portrayal is the better for it." - Susannah Meadows, New York Times " This plainspoken novel about a man coming to terms with his abusive father's death sneaks up on you-and is unlike anything else you've read ."-Dawn Raffel, Reader's Digest "[ Big Ray ] reads like a memoir, the entirely believable product of a son grappling with the death and life of his father. The narrator talks frankly of his estrangement and efforts to connect, the abuse he suffered and his mixed feelings; the obituary, he notes, listed those who preceded Ray in death and those who survived him. 'I'm one of the people who survived,' says Big Ray's son. Kimball shows the truth of this, but also its sad, shifting complexity."- Publishers Weekly "This slim novel, told in a series of short entries, packs the emotional charge of a lifetime ."-Heather Paulson, Booklist "Surpassing the simply grotesque, Kimball's story takes on something of a redemptive, Job-like intensity…. Kimball's short, bleak novel may not tell a pretty story, but it is a well-told story that is not easy to forget ."-Bruce Jacobs, Shelf Awareness "The search here is for understanding... The writing is elegantly straightforward." - Robert E. Brown, Library Journal " BIG RAY's power is unquestionable ; its ability to draw out gut-wrenching emotions by way of plainspoken observations is the ace up its sleeve."-Ian F. King, KGB Bar Lit Magazine "Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far ."- Sam Lipsyte , author of The Ask "An uncompromising work of power and grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still can't put it down."-Jon McGregor, author of This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You "Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning-whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises."-Deb Olin Unferth , author of Revolution "Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There's nothing quite like it I've ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It's amazing."-Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising, This plainspoken novel about a man coming to terms with his abusive father's death sneaks up on you--and is unlike anything else you've read ., Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There's nothing quite like it I've ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It's amazing., "[An] astonishingly moving novel... We're left gasping for air... Danny's emotions unfold as slowly as the carefully dispensed facts of the story, and to mesmerizing effect... Big Ray is an appalling tale told with anger, dark humor and surprising tenderness." -- Alec Solomita, Wall Street Journal "In this tender, gorgeous novel , Michael Kimball explores how we try to understand even the most difficult family members." -- Leigh Newman, Oprah.com "[Big Ray is] a great character... He's dead at the start of the novel, and it's impossible not to wish him deader... Mr. Kimball is not one to flinch, and this portrayal is the better for it." -- Susannah Meadows, New York Times "This plainspoken novel about a man coming to terms with his abusive father's death sneaks up on you--and is unlike anything else you've read ." -- Dawn Raffel, Reader's Digest "[ Big Ray ] reads like a memoir, the entirely believable product of a son grappling with the death and life of his father. The narrator talks frankly of his estrangement and efforts to connect, the abuse he suffered and his mixed feelings; the obituary, he notes, listed those who preceded Ray in death and those who survived him. 'I'm one of the people who survived,' says Big Ray's son. Kimball shows the truth of this, but also its sad, shifting complexity." -- Publishers Weekly "This slim novel, told in a series of short entries, packs the emotional charge of a lifetime ." -- Heather Paulson, Booklist "Surpassing the simply grotesque, Kimball's story takes on something of a redemptive, Job-like intensity.... Kimball's short, bleak novel may not tell a pretty story, but it is a well-told story that is not easy to forget ." -- Bruce Jacobs, Shelf Awareness "The search here is for understanding... The writing is elegantly straightforward." -- Robert E. Brown, Library Journal " BIG RAY's power is unquestionable ; its ability to draw out gut-wrenching emotions by way of plainspoken observations is the ace up its sleeve." -- Ian F. King, KGB Bar Lit Magazine "Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far ." -- Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask "An uncompromising work of power and grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still can't put it down." -- Jon McGregor, author of This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You "Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning--whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises." -- Deb Olin Unferth , author of Revolution "Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There's nothing quite like it I've ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It's amazing." -- Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising, In this tender, gorgeous novel , Michael Kimball explores how we try to understand even the most difficult family members., Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning--whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises., An uncompromising work of power and grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still can't put it down., BIG RAY's power is unquestionable ; its ability to draw out gut-wrenching emotions by way of plainspoken observations is the ace up its sleeve., [ Big Ray ] reads like a memoir, the entirely believable product of a son grappling with the death and life of his father. The narrator talks frankly of his estrangement and efforts to connect, the abuse he suffered and his mixed feelings; the obituary, he notes, listed those who preceded Ray in death and those who survived him. 'I'm one of the people who survived,' says Big Ray's son. Kimball shows the truth of this, but also its sad, shifting complexity., [Big Ray is] a great character... He's dead at the start of the novel, and it's impossible not to wish him deader... Mr. Kimball is not one to flinch, and this portrayal is the better for it., This plainspoken novel about a man coming to terms with his abusive father's death sneaks up on you--and is unlike anything else you've read ., [An] astonishingly moving novel... We're left gasping for air... Danny's emotions unfold as slowly as the carefully dispensed facts of the story, and to mesmerizing effect... Big Ray is an appalling tale told with anger, dark humor and surprising tenderness., "The search here is for understanding... The writing is elegantly straightforward." - Robert E. Brown, Library Journal, "In this tender, gorgeous novel , Michael Kimball explores how we try to understand even the most difficult family members."-Leigh Newman, Oprah.com "This plainspoken novel about a man coming to terms with his abusive father's death sneaks up on you-and is unlike anything else you've read ."-Dawn Raffel, Reader's Digest " BIG RAY's power is unquestionable ; its ability to draw out gut-wrenching emotions by way of plainspoken observations is the ace up its sleeve."-Ian F. King, KGB Bar Lit Magazine "[BIG RAY] reads like a memoir, the entirely believable product of a son grappling with the death and life of his father. The narrator talks frankly of his estrangement and efforts to connect, the abuse he suffered and his mixed feelings; the obituary, he notes, listed those who preceded Ray in death and those who survived him. 'I'm one of the people who survived,' says Big Ray's son. Kimball shows the truth of this, but also its sad, shifting complexity."- Publishers Weekly "This slim novel, told in a series of short entries, packs the emotional charge of a lifetime ."-Heather Paulson, Booklist "Surpassing the simply grotesque, Kimball's story takes on something of a redemptive, Job-like intensity…. Kimball's short, bleak novel may not tell a pretty story, but it is a well-told story that is not easy to forget ."-Bruce Jacobs, Shelf Awareness "Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far ."- Sam Lipsyte , author of The Ask "An uncompromising work of power and grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still can't put it down."-Jon McGregor, author of This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You "Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning-whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises."-Deb Olin Unferth , author of Revolution "Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There's nothing quite like it I've ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It's amazing."-Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising, Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far ., "In this tender, gorgeous novel, Michael Kimball explores how we try to understand even the most difficult family members." - Oprah.com Book of the Week "[ Big Ray ] reads like a memoir, the entirely believable product of a son grappling with the death and life of his father. The narrator talks frankly of his estrangement and efforts to connect, the abuse he suffered and his mixed feelings; the obituary, he notes, listed those who preceded Ray in death and those who survived him. 'I'm one of the people who survived,' says Big Ray's son. Kimball shows the truth of this, but also its sad, shifting complexity." - Publishers Weekly "Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling and beautifully felt books for years, but Big Ray seems a break-through and culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and it's his masterpiece, at least so far." -Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask "An uncompromising work of power and grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still can't put it down." -Jon McGregor, author of This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You "Big Ray, the man, made an indelible human impression on me. Big Ray , Michael Kimball's terrific new novel, is genuinely moving because it is so rigorously unsentimental. Kimball is a powerful and courageous writer."  -Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia and Eat the Document "Elegy, meditation, story, final reckoning-whatever you want to call it, Big Ray is mesmerizing. Sorrowful and honest, the kind of book that compels, not compromises." -Deb Olin Unferth , author of Revolution "Big Ray is disturbing in the most extraordinary ways, and in the end extraordinarily touching also. There's nothing quite like it I've ever read till now (though there were times I thought the ghost of Barry Hannah was whispering in my ear.) It's amazing." -Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising, Surpassing the simply grotesque, Kimball's story takes on something of a redemptive, Job-like intensity.... Kimball's short, bleak novel may not tell a pretty story, but it is a well-told story that is not easy to forget .
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
A short potent novel revealing a son's complicated feelings in the aftermath of his obese father's death., Big Ray's temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father's memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more than five hundred brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father's death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding. Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, "Big Ray "is a staggering family story-at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful., Big Ray's temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father's memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more than five hundred brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father's death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding. Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, Big Ray is a staggering family story-at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful.

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