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Can I read John the Posthumous on EtoBox?
John the Posthumous by Schwartz, Jason is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is John the Posthumous about?
John the Posthumous exists in between fiction and poetry, elegy and history: a kind of novella in objects, it is an anatomy of marriage and adultery, an interlocking set of fictional histories, and the staccato telling of a murder, perhaps two murders. This is a literary album of a pre-Internet world, focused on physical elements - all of which are tools for either violence or sustenance. Knives, old iron gates, antique houses in flames; Biblical citations, blood and a history of the American bed: the unsettling, half-perceived images, and their precise but alien manipulation by a master of the language will stay with readers. Its themes are familiar - violence, betrayal, failure - its depiction of these utterly original and hauntingly beautiful.
Who reads John the Posthumous?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Schwartz, Jason
- Publisher
- OR Books, New York and London
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781939293220
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (94 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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