Ken Wohlrob's Documents

  • 141 p.

    Songs of Vagabonds Misfits and Sinners by Ken Wohlrob

    From the author of THE LOVE BOOK, a collection of gritty tales set in New York City, a town full of characters who are as out of place in their own skins as they are in the ever-evolving neighborhoods they call home. Non Ho Tutto il Giorno: In Carroll Gardens, an old Italian neighborhood that is not so Italian anymore, two locals who spent their entire lives there suddenly feel out of place. Job in Williamsburg: For Ramón, a janitor from South Williamsburg, art is life. He talks to paintings. Sometimes they talk back to him. Now, he thinks he has just created a masterpiece. The Metronome Winds Down: If Pat can scrape together ten grand, he can buy his wife two more months of medical treatment. He has a scheme, but everything has a cost. The Look: In Washington Heights, the highest point in Manhattan, life is going downhill for Liz and her daughter Haley, who are barely making ends meet, thanks to Mom’s new occupation downtown. Claimus Flees Manhattan: Albert Claimus wakes up from a booze-fueled sleep in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment to find out that he’s being watched. But by whom? These are stories of a city that is familiar and yet constantly changing, populated by characters who never saw it coming and are struggling to get it together.

    Category:Books - FictionReads:1,065Uploaded:11 / 07 / 2010Add to collection
  • 5 p.

    The by Ken Wohlrob

    "The" by Ken Wohlrob from issue #6 of Opium Magazine (Go Green! But Save Me First). It is an obituary for Amélie Prouveaux, an avant-garde writer who decided that words were the enemy of literature. Find out more about the writer at www.kenwohlrob.com. You can pick up Opium 6 (Go Green! But Save Me First) at your favorite book shop or www.opiummagazine.com. You can purchase Ken Wohlrob's new book of short stories, The Love Book, here: www.kenwohlrob.com/books.html

    Category:Short StoriesReads:1,443Uploaded:03 / 21 / 2009Add to collection
  • 194 p.

    The Love Book by Ken Wohlrob

    "You'll dig Ken Wohlrob's The Love Book, whether you like yourself or not. In fact, if you compare its cavalcade of kooks to you and the folk you call friends, it'll probably make you like yourself more."—Miami Sun Post Five gritty, absurd and darkly comic tales. Five characters at a crossroads in their lives. - While recovering in a New Jersey motel room, an obese female pro-wrestler is confronted by the demons of her past, as old memories she long ago wanted to bury keep surfacing. - An Italian man who has a fetish for Asian women meets his match when he starts dating an Asian woman with a fetish for Italian men. - A woman who loses her right arm in a car accident tries to return to normal life and subjects herself to the horrors of online dating. - A man obsessed with time has recurring dreams that he is always late for odd events and struggles with his psychiatrist to figure out the source of his fixation. - An epidemic of suicide hits a retirement community in Ohio and one couple begins to question the value of their final days together. These are very modern fables, with a great heart, a very biting sense of humor, and fully-fleshed out characters that you can sink your teeth into.

    Category:Books - FictionReads:6,958Uploaded:03 / 21 / 2009Add to collection
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