{"product_id":"the-collected-fiction-of-kenneth-koch-paperback","title":"The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Koch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Koch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollected fiction from one of America's finest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious and profoundly moving, this volume restores to print all the fiction of the writer whom John Ashbery called \"simply the best we have.\" An essential book for anyone interested in discovering what American literature might still hope to be, \u003ci\u003eCollected Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e includes Koch's rambunctious novel \u003ci\u003eThe Red Robins\u003c\/i\u003e as well as his semi-autobiographical stories from \u003ci\u003eHotel Lambosa\u003c\/i\u003e. \"The New Orleans Stories\" and \"The Soviet Room\" appear here for the first time along with Koch's previously uncollected short fiction--a warmhearted parody of a children's adventure narrative and a story detailing the mysteries uncovered by an obsessive postcard detective. Collected here for the first time, Kenneth Koch's fiction creates an optimistic and comic world in which the pursuit of happiness is taken very seriously.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Koch (1925 - 2002), known for his association with the New York School of poetry, wrote many collections of poetry, fictions, plays, and nonfiction. His books include \u003ci\u003eSeasons on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThank You and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand Avant-Garde Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Lambosa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCollected Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as several books on teaching children to write poetry. Koch was awarded numerous honors, including the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Library of Congress in 1996, as well as awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Ingram-Merrill foundations. In 1996 he was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 394\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.16 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338161885421,"sku":"9781566891769","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/BLBdwNNbYj9781566891769.webp?v=1785076857","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-collected-fiction-of-kenneth-koch-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}