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Powell, Padgett
Overview
| Works: |
74
works in
194
publications in
6
languages and
6,594
library holdings
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| Genres: |
Fiction
Juvenile works
Adventure stories
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Adventure stories, American
Parodies, imitations, etc
Domestic fiction
Pictorial works
Comic books, strips, etc
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| Roles: |
Composer, Editor
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| Classifications: |
PS1305,
[FIC] |
Most widely held works by
Padgett Powell
Edisto : a novel by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
23
editions published
between
1982
and
2014
in
4
languages
and held by
1,402
libraries
worldwide
About the coming of age on an undevelped strip of coast between Savannah and Charleston
The interrogative mood : a novel? by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
15
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
871
libraries
worldwide
The acclaimed writer Padgett Powell is fascinated by what it feels like to walk through everyday life, to hear the swing and snap of American talk, to be both electrified and overwhelmed by the mad cacophony -- the "muchness"--of America. "The Interrogative Mood" is Powell's playful and profound response, a bebop solo of a book in which every sentence is a question
You & me : a novel by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
8
editions published
between
2012
and
2013
in
English
and held by
759
libraries
worldwide
"A scabrous, Southern send-up of WAITING FOR GODOT by the novelist Sam Lipsyte hails as "one of the few truly important American writers of our time.""--
Mrs. Hollingsworth's men by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
5
editions published
between
2000
and
2002
in
English
and held by
723
libraries
worldwide
At her kitchen table somewhere in the South, Powell's narrator embarks on a spirited and often hilarious imagining of certain historical figures and current national preoccupations. Ostensibly writing her grocery list, Mrs. Hollingsworth most happily loses her sense of herself until her family intrudes along with two petty criminals named Oswald and Bundy
A woman named Drown by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
10
editions published
between
1987
and
2014
in
English and German
and held by
634
libraries
worldwide
Hailed by Time as an “extravagantly comic” novel, A Woman Named Drown is a wild and strange journey through America’s South that follows a young PhD dropout who falls in with an amateur actress–cum-pool shark On the brink of earning his doctorate in chemistry, the unnamed narrator decides to chuck it all away in favor of real life. So begins an odd pilgrimage through the American South. In Tennessee, our hero is bewitched by an older, gin-swilling, pool-playing sometimes-actress who claims to have recently starred in a theatrical production about a “woman named Drown.” He moves in with her and just as quickly begins encountering her strange compatriots. Before he knows it, they’re heading farther south together—to Florida—where the data that the dropout scientist is collecting from life’s laboratory is about to get quite contradictory. Richly influenced by offbeat literary giant Donald Barthelme, Padgett Powell’s A Woman Named Drown offers readers a smorgasbord of literary strangeness—a surreal series of adventures in which nothing much—and yet everything—happens at once
Edisto revisited : a novel by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
7
editions published
between
1996
and
2014
in
English
and held by
622
libraries
worldwide
A literary novel on a Southern dilettante. Newly graduated architect Simons Manigault of North Carolina passes up a job for drink, literary talk and affairs with women. One day an older man shows him a home for burned-out hippies and Manigault, who narrates the tale, sees the light. By the author of Edisto
Typical by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
11
editions published
between
1991
and
2014
in
English
and held by
499
libraries
worldwide
Twenty-three surreal fictions'stories, character assassinations, and mini-travelogues'from one of the most heralded writers of the American South There are many things that repulse "Dr. Ordinary." "Kansas" is notable for its distinct lack of farmland. "Wayne's Fate" is most unfortunate, not merely for Wayne but for the roofer pal who stands by watching his good buddy lose his head. "Miss Resignation" simply cannot win at Bingo. And there is nothing "Typical" about the unemployed steelworker and self-described "piece of crud" who strides through this collection's title story. Welcome to the world of Padgett Powell, one of the most original American literary voices in recent memory. Typical is both a bravura demonstration of Powell's passion for words, and an offbeat, perceptive view of contemporary life'an enthralling work by a one-of-a-kind wordsmith, and a redefinition of what short fiction can be
Aliens of affection : stories by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
9
editions published
between
1997
and
2014
in
English
and held by
431
libraries
worldwide
Southern stories featuring nutty characters in search of love. Two of the protagonists are mental patients, a third was abandoned by his family, and the fourth is a woman whose quest for love leads her to seduce a 12-year-old boy
Mrs. Hollingsworth's men by Padgett Powell (
Computer File
)
4
editions published
between
2003
and
2011
in
English
and held by
122
libraries
worldwide
Mrs. Hollingsworth is working on her grocery list when she suddenly begins writing a series of surreal vignettes. In one, two pals roam Mississippi with a large ray gun. In another, a Confederate Civil War general rides triumphantly through town -- even though he's been dead for decades. Mrs. Hollingsworth's daughters think their mother is losing her mind, but there is a method to her madness
You & I by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
5
editions published
between
2011
and
2013
in
English
and held by
110
libraries
worldwide
Padgett Powell writes: 'Their conversation we may find it difficult to grasp much like they themselves. Coming to conclusions that don't conclude. To questions that have no answers. To positions that may not be finally so aimless. They disagree to agree. They are smart, not smart; fools, not fools.' Poignant, hilarious, opaque, diamond-clear, this strange little gem is sure to delight the thousands of devotees found by Powell's The Interrogative Mood. 'I'd like to see some flying dogs. Are there flying dogs? Not that I know of. Seeing some would improve my mood tremendously, though. I suspect it would. Mine too. Cheer us right up, flying dogs. Raining cats and dogs. Like to see cats bouncing off cars. Why'd they call combat air battles "dogfights"? They wanted to see flying dogs too.'
Edisto by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
3
editions published
between
2011
and
2013
in
English and French
and held by
50
libraries
worldwide
Simons Everson Manigault ('You say it ""Simmons"". I'm a rare one-m Simons') lives with his mother, an eccentric professor known as the Duchess, on an isolated strip of South Carolina coast. Convinced that her son can be a writer of genius, the Duchess has immersed Simons in the literary classics since birth and has given him free rein to gather materials in such spots as the Baby Grand, a local black nightclub. Although possessed of a vocabulary and sophistication beyond his years, Simons feels the normal adolescent bewilderment about the behaviour of his parents. His conventional father, the
Hologram : A Novel by Padgett Powell (
file
)
1
edition published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
48
libraries
worldwide
A phantasmagoric dream of a novel, exploring the mind of a housewife enamored of historical personages, twisted love stories, and strange conspiracies Mrs. Hollingsworth sits at her kitchen table, compiling her grocery list. The subject of the list is not foodstuffs, but memories that never happened, inventions of loves, and strange conspiracies peopled by men who appear in the lonely housewife’s head—men infinitely more real to her than her own husband. Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest gallops into her story, courtesy of media giant Ted Turner and two shady criminal types named Bundy and Oswald who are engaged in a secret experiment to create “the New Southerner.” Her prying daughters believe Mrs. Hollingsworth is losing her mind. But in truth, their mother is simply looking for love via hand-to-hand combat on the surreal battlefield inside her head. Originally published as Mrs. Hollingsworth’s Men , Padgett Powell’s Hologram is a stunning literary achievement. Strikingly unique, it is a poignant, funny, and unconventional fever dream brought to lyrical life
Edisto and edisto revisited in one volume by Padgett Powell (
file
)
1
edition published
in
2013
in
English
and held by
48
libraries
worldwide
A special two-in-one edition of National Book Award finalist Padgett Powell’s acclaimed southern novels: Edisto and Edisto Revisited In Edisto, Simons Everson Manigault is not a typical twelve-year-old boy in tiny Edisto, South Carolina, in the late 1960s. At the insistence of his challenging mother, who believes her son to possess a capacity for genius, Simons immerses himself in great literature and becomes as literate and literary as any English professor. When Taurus, a soft-spoken African American stranger, moves into the cabin recently vacated by the Manigaults’ longtime maid, a friendship forms. The lonely, excitable Simons and the quiet, thoughtful Taurus, who has appointed himself Simons’s guide in the ways of the grown-up world, bond over the course of a hot southern summer. In Edisto Revisited, Simons Manigault is newly graduated from Clemson University, bored, unfocused, and idling his summer away at his mother’s home in Edisto, South Carolina. Not yet ready to fully embrace adulthood, Simons finds himself surrendering to cynicism. To avoid sinking further into his rut, Simons embarks on a road trip through the South. After a disastrous stint as a Corpus Christi fisherman, he exits the Lone Star State, doubling back to the Louisiana bayou to spend some quality time with his former friend and mentor—and his mother’s ex-lover—Taurus. But as even Taurus’s once sought-after wisdom wears thin, Simons begins to suspect that the grass is not greener on the other side—it may be burnt, brown, and dead wherever he goes
Falling in love
(
file
)
1
edition published
in
2006
in
English
and held by
34
libraries
worldwide
"At the door is an old lover, someone who broke your heart, who is in England on business and has tracked you down ..."--The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin. Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones! Rick Bass's "Fires" read by Ted Marcoux. In the Rockies a woman sets fire to a parched field to take the plunge into the pool of love
The adventures of Tom Sawyer / illustrations by Paul Geiger ; afterword by Bernard DeVoto by Mark Twain (
Book
)
2
editions published
between
1997
and
2008
in
English
and held by
29
libraries
worldwide
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century
The imperative mood by Padgett Powell (
file
)
1
edition published
in
2012
in
English
and held by
28
libraries
worldwide
Whatever floats your boat, go ahead and float it. Do not have large untenable quantities of despair. Do not go to parades. When you feed orphaned wild animals, do not expect them to make it. Be forewarned. Be careful that your genitals do not show outside the strict confines of your underwear. Learn at least three racquet games during your lifetime. In this brand new short, Padgett Powell takes the reader on a completely new kind of journey. Just as The Interrogative Mood was stubbornly memorable and persistently illuminating, The Imperative Mood is surprising, funny, sneakily cumulative, char
Edisto : Roman by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
5
editions published
between
1985
and
1999
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
23
libraries
worldwide
De vragende vorm : een roman? by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
1
edition published
in
2010
in
Dutch
and held by
17
libraries
worldwide
Experimenteel relaas dat geheel uit vragen bestaat
Roman in Fragen by Padgett Powell (
Book
)
4
editions published
between
2012
and
2013
in
German
and held by
16
libraries
worldwide
5 stories and a piece of you & me by Padgett Powell (
file
)
1
edition published
in
2012
in
English
and held by
13
libraries
worldwide
A collection of 5 pieces by Padgett Powell plus an excerpt of the forthcoming You & me to be published initially as an Ecco Solo short e-book
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Alternative Names
Powell, J. Padgett
パウエル, パジェット
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