Jesus Saves - by Darcey Steinke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"There's such yearning in the stained terrycloth folds of this story that none of its dark or dirty details come across as shock-arty or facile . . . <i>Jesus Saves</i> is a poem of a novel."--Lydia Millet, from the new introduction<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Jesus Saves</i>, a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of the Year, is a chilling horror story, a suburban gothic set not among green manicured lawns and cul-de-sacs, but the trash-filled woods between subdivisions and superhighways and the strip malls and duplexes on the back side of town. It's the story of two girls: Ginger, a troubled minister's daughter; and Sandy Patrick, who was abducted from summer camp and now smiles from missing-child posters all over town. Layering the dreamscapes of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> with the subculture of <i>River's Edge</i>, Darcey Steinke's <i>Jesus Saves</i> is an unforgettable passage through the depths of literary imagination. <p/>In her introduction to this new edition, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet reflects on the book's long-lasting effect on her and the way she reads while tracing its influence on subsequent, similarly powerful fictions like Emma Donoghue's <i>Room</i> and Barbara Gowdy's <i>Helpless</i>. Like <i>Jesus Saves</i>, Millet's introduction is moving and unsettling, and provides the perfect frame for this cult classic.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A disturbingly beautiful piece of writing. Darcey Steinke has found a trashy and intensely spiritual poetry in the suburban malls and backwoods of the South, and she has set them before us in gorgeous, unsettling prose."--<i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"The most ferocious and chilling portrait of suburbia in years . . . Imagine a goth-rock, literary lovechild of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor."--<i>Village Voice</i> <p/>"Steinke writes with an admirable level of attention to sensual detail. As in David Lynch's films . . . it seems characters will ignite their combustible surroundings."--<i>LA Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lydia Millet</b> is the PEN Award-winning author of eleven works of literary fiction, including <i>Sweet Lamb of Heaven</i> and <i>Magnificence</i>, which have been <i>New York Times</i> Notable Books and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists. She lives in Arizona. <p/><b>Darcey Steinke</b> is the author of <i>New York Times</i> Notable <i>Up Through the Water</i>, <i>Suicide Blonde</i>, <i>Sister Golden Hair</i>, and the forthcoming <i>Flash Count Diary</i>. Her journalism has appeared regularly in <i>Spin</i>, <i>George</i>, <i>Guardian</i> (London), <i>Artforum</i>, and <i>The Village Voice</i>. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and The New School. She grew up in Virginia and now lives in Brooklyn.
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