.Just Published
Private Fame,
new stories
by
Richard Burgin
Praise for Richard Burgin's previous book,
Man Without Memory
'The motley psyches in
Mr.Burgin's galleryexpose
themselves ineerilyfunny
monologues••.. But it is not
their strangeness alone
that fascinates.•.Rather, it
is the way they twist mes–
sages from a saner world
to fit their peculiar neuro–
ses. And this is why Mr.
Burgin's stories are so dex–
terous. In them, he has
paused near a border,
shifing his weight ner–
vously, sizing up the wild,
surrealistic landscape that
liesjusta few paces ahead."
-The New York Times
Book Review
"Burgin
has his finger on the pulse of our times... this is an impres-
live voup of &tories."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Opening this book is like stepping into quicksand. Richard Burgin's
in,enious tales are disconcerting from the word go."
-The Los Angeles Times
"Could Burgin's stories be spearheading a ''nineties'' movement?
...This collection, which looks squarely into the heart ofmodern
darkness, deserves a wide readership."
-
Library Journal
'Tunnels into the lives of a compelling cast of 8Olitaries...Burgin
IUbtly covers the spectrum of contemporary situations.
Man Without
Memory
astutely probes the terror of the psyche."
-The Washington Post
•Man
Without Memory
is a classic waiting to happen."
-St. Petersburg Times
Private Fame is available at better bookstores for $16.95 hard cover, or order
directly
from
University of Illinois Press, P .O. Box 4856. Hampden Post Office, Baltimore, Md.
2l211. Call 1-800-545-4703. Maryland customers, call 301-338-6927.
