{"id":1715,"date":"2010-11-22T05:21:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2018\/11\/27\/287-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2019-07-09T11:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T11:26:40","slug":"jesus-son-by-denis-johnson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2010\/11\/22\/jesus-son-by-denis-johnson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson (BR)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus’ Son<\/em>\u00a0is a collection of\u00a0stories<\/a>\u00a0revolving around a\u00a0lost<\/a>\u00a0soul<\/a>\u00a0known as\u00a0fuckhead<\/a>. The book was published in\u00a01992<\/a>, and in\u00a01999<\/a>\u00a0was made into a movie by the\u00a0same name<\/a>. The book’s title comes from\u00a0The Velvet Underground<\/a>‘s song\u00a0Heroin<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

When I’m rushing on my run
\nAnd I feel just like Jesus<\/a>‘ son…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comments:<\/h3>\n

While the main theme (or at least thematic motif) found throughout the stories is drugs, this novel offers a different experience to\u00a0Welsh<\/a>‘s rebellious, trashy\u00a0Trainspotting<\/a><\/em>, and although sharing certain\u00a0existential<\/a>\u00a0ideas, different also to such beat novels as\u00a0Burroughs<\/a>‘\u00a0Junky<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

There is something powerful in these stories, something that manages to imply meaning without being reducible to nostalgia.<\/p>\n

Sometimes this is easier to place, as when the narrator is at the hospital (following a car crash) he witnesses a woman (who is just told that her husband has died in the crash) scream. He says that the scream made him feel alive. He’s spent the rest of his life\u00a0looking<\/a>\u00a0for that feeling again.<\/p>\n

There’s something that resonates with the reader.\u00a0Je ne sais quoi<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Misc. Quotes:<\/h3>\n

He’d wasted his entire life. Such people were very dear to those of us who’d wasted only a few years.\u00a0(Out on Bail)<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I felt the beauty of the morning. I could understand how a drowning man might suddenly feel a deep thirst being quenched.\u00a0(Emergency)<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.\u00a0<\/span>(Beverly Home)<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus’ Son\u00a0is a collection of\u00a0stories\u00a0revolving around a\u00a0lost\u00a0soul\u00a0known as\u00a0fuckhead. The book was published in\u00a01992, and in\u00a01999\u00a0was made into a movie by the\u00a0same name. The book’s title comes from\u00a0The Velvet Underground‘s song\u00a0Heroin. When I’m rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus‘ son… Comments: While the main theme (or at least thematic motif) found throughout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159,198,204],"tags":[],"metadata":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-book-review","category-everything2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1579,"url":"https:\/\/thetravellerslastjourney.com\/shai\/2010\/01\/31\/the-captains-honor-tng\/","url_meta":{"origin":1715,"position":0},"title":"The Captain’s Honor (TNG)","author":"pastfarpoint","date":"January 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Captain's Honor, TNG book number eight, was co-written by father and son David and Daniel Dvorkin. 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