The Reading Experience

Gilbert Sorrentino: An Introduction

Daniel Green

Contents

Prologue

Sorrentino the Poet

Sorrentino the Realist

          The Sky Changes

          Steelwork

Sorrentino the Metafictionist

          Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things

          Mulligan Stew

Sorrentino the Craftsman

          Aberration of Starlight

          Crystal Vision

          Blue Pastoral

Sorrentino the Anarchist

          Pack of Lies trilogy

                    Odd Number

                    Misterioso

                    Rose Theatre

Sorrentino the Formalist 

          Under the Shadow

          A Strange Commonplace

          The Abyss of Human Illusion

Sorrentino the Comedian

          Gold Fools

          Lunar Follies

Sorrentino the Local Colorist

          Red the Fiend

          Little Casino

Epilogue

          Splendide-Hotel