Denis Johnson
American novelist and poet whose Jesus' Son is among the most celebrated story collections in American literature. Tree of Smoke won the National Book Award. His hallucinatory fiction of addiction, war, and spiritual crisis is unlike anything else in American letters.
Works
- Jesus' SonFragmented stories of drug addicts seeking transcendence and meaning
- Tree of SmokeSoldier haunted by Vietnam war and shadowy intelligence operations
- AngelsCareer criminal confronts mortality and past deeds with quiet wisdom
- Fiskadoro
- The Name of the WorldWashed-up detective teaching literature grapples with violence and language
- Already Dead
- Train DreamsRailroad worker's life shaped by love and loss in American West