THE TWILIGHT OF THE BUMS - Softcover

Federman, Raymond; Chambers, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978881133 ISBN 13: 9780978881139

Publisher: Starcherone Books, 2008

Synopsis

Fiction. Illustrated by Tom Motley. Culminating his life-long engagement with the work and spectre of Samuel Beckett, Raymond Federman here pairs with fellow fictionist George Chambers (Null Set & Other Stories) to create the stories and dialogues of two vagabonds musing in the long shadows of Waiting for Godot. Add brilliant drawings by cartoonist Tom Motley and you have a one-of-a-kind book, at once profound and immersed in trivia, playful and yet as serious as death. "Stan & Oliver, Frog & Toad, Bud & Lou, The Sunshine Boys, Bill & Ted, Bouvard & Pecuchet--but most of all Vladimir and Estragon--stand behind this book like defrocked priests at an inquest. Old men rule!, at least in the glimmer of a watery eye and inconstant heart"--Charles Bernstein.

About this title

About the Author:

RAYMOND FEDERMAN's books include Double or Nothing (1971), Take it or Leave it (1976), The Voice in the Closet (1979/2002), and the American Book Award winning Smiles on Washington Square (1985). He is an Emeritus Professor at University at Buffalo. GEORGE CHAMBERS's works of fiction include the collection, NULL SET (1977). He teaches at Bradley University. T. MOTLEY is the creator of Hector, Aline the Alien, and many more characters in a cartooning career of more than two decades.

Review:

The tales of two filthy old bums who knew it could be so entertaining? THE TWILIGHT OF THE BUMS is a hilarious compilation of stories about two elderly old vagrants and their witty conversations, witticisms, and adventures, quirkily illustrated by veteran artist T. Motley in a style that certain fits the content he's illustrating. THE TWILIGHT OF THE BUMS isn't high comedy, but it doesn't need to be it's a laugh riot and that's all that matters. Highly recommended for community library humor collections and anyone needing some humor in their lives. --Midwest Book Review, June 2008

Stan & Oliver, Frog & Toad, The Sunshine Boys, Bill & Ted, Bouvard & Pecuchet - but most of all Vladimir & Estragon - stand behind this book like defrocked priests at an inquest. Old Men Rule!, at least in the glimmer of a watery eye and inconstant heart. --Charles Bernstein, author of Girly Man

I cannot think of another figure [besides Federman] who is so essentially both a fiction writer and seminal critic, so much an American while still retaining a European flavor, so interesting a thinker while remaining a vibrantly entertaining writer. --- Jerome Klinkowitz, editor, Post-1945 volume, Norton Anthology of American Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Starcherone Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0978881133
• ISBN 13: 9780978881139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136