A son receives an inheritance from his father and tries to dispose of it before it destroys him. Inherited Disorderstells this elemental story in over 100 hilarious, witty variations.
Adam Ehrlich Sachsâs Inherited Disorders is a rueful, absurd, and endlessly entertaining look at a most serious subjectâthe eternally vexed relations between fathers and sons. In a hundred and seventeen shrewd, surreal vignettes, Sachs lays bare the petty rivalries, thwarted affection, and mutual bafflement that have characterized the filial bond since the days of Davidic kings. A philosopherâs son kills his father and explains his aphorisms to death. A father bequeaths to his son his jacket, deodorant, and political beliefs. Englandâs most famous medium becomes possessed by the spirit of his skeptical fatherâwho questions, in front of the nation, his sonâs choice of career. A Czech pianist amputates his fingers one by one to thwart his father, who will not stop composing concertos for him. A nineteenth-century Italian nobleman wills his ill-conceived flying contraptionâincapable of actual flightâto his newborn son. In West Hollywood, an aspiring screenwriter must contend with the judgmental visage of his father, a respected public intellectual whose frozen head, clearly disappointed in him, he keeps in his freezer. Keenly inventive, but painfully familiar, these surprisingly tender stories signal the arrival of a brilliant new comic voiceâand fresh hope for fathers and sons the world over.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Family Life
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Regan Arts.
Author : Sachs, Adam Ehrlich
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2016-05-03
Number Of Pages : 262
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1682450155
ISBN-13 : 9781682450154
Item weight : 0.95 lb
Dimensions : 1.26 in x 5.59 in x 8.35 in
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