By Corey Pung
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Customer tags: short stories, humorous romance, philosophy, coming of age, highly recommended, satire, literary fiction, historical fiction, hawaii, science fiction, laugh out loud funny, fantasy
Review & Description
The Madness of Art: Short Stories is a collection of eight original, poetic, and exciting stories by Corey Pung. Each story takes as its focus the way in which art impacts our daily lives, for better or for worse. Some stories hew closely to reality while others veer off into bizarre landscapes and surreal situations. In the opening story Creation Redux, a man and a woman have spent their entire lives in isolation in a white room, but why? More importantly, what happens when they begin to pine for a world they’ve never known? In Andrea’s Boy Calvin, a young college dropout decides to revolutionize the world of children’s literature, with or without the support of his family and friends. He learns the hard way that while sometimes life is stranger than fiction, at other times it can be impossible to tell the two apart. Reality and art clash dramatically in What Irony, a story about a painter of Americana who doesn’t see the irony in moving to Greenwich Village when the Beat Generation is in its heyday. In an attempt to promote patriotism in the locals, he might just become the very thing he hates... In these stories and five more, Corey Pung alternately analyzes and subverts our notions of what art is, reminding us of the importance it plays in our lives, and the disastrous effects it can have when misused. The stories come in a wide variety, from a long romance column to a murder mystery, to a time-travel yarn and a shaggy dog story, and everything in between. Through it all, each story remains insightful, enjoyable, and often laugh out loud funny. "Readers will feel rewarded after finishing this collection. Pung cares about art and what it adds to society. Help celebrate art, individuality, culture and a diverse society by picking up a copy of his book."--The Portland Book Review. Read more
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