The Moon In Its Flight (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 115)

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“The Moon In Its Flight” is a funny story and because of this I’d been skating across the top of it, but when I got to a certain point it was like falling through the ice into freezing water. I felt like I’d been given a glimpse of what it would be like to be twenty years older once life had hammered the hell out of me. I had never read a story that contained so much emotion in so little space. It swings from the most stunningly cynical moments to the most unnervingly tender, often within the space of one paragraph. And like all geniuses, Sorrentino makes it look easy."

- Jenny Offill

About the Author:
A luminary of American literature, Gilbert Sorrentino was a boyhood friend of Hubert Selby, Jr. and a confidant of William Carlos Williams. He is the author of the classic novels Mulligan Stew and Little Casino, and over thirty other books, including A Strange Commonplace, Lunar Follies, The Moon in Its Flight, and The Abyss of Human Illusion. A former editor at Grove Press, Sorrentino taught at Stanford University for many years before returning to his native Brooklyn.

About the Guest Editor:
Jenny Offill is the author of the Novels Dept. of Speculation and Last Things.

About Electric Literature:
Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter , Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.

“The Moon in Its Flight” is reprinted by permission from The Moon in Its Flight, by Gilbert Sorrentino .