by Ted Mooney (Author)
"One of the most original seductions in recent fiction... a novel of immensely tender feeling." -The New York Review of Books
Ted Mooney's first novel Easy Travel to Other Planets endures as a cult classic known for its opening scene describing a woman having sex with a dolphin.Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and a finalist for the National Book Award, Mooney's inventive novel was also named to the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
Author Biography
Ted Mooney (1951-2022) was an award-winning author and the senior editor of Art in America, a position he held for more than thirty years, and subsequently taught writing at Yale University. His speculative fiction novel Easy Travel to Other Planets received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was also a finalist for the National Book Award (at the time, the American Book Award).
A writer of essays and short stories for such publications as Esquire and Vogue, Mooney's other novels include Traffic and Laughter, Singing into the Piano, and The Same River Twice.
Number of Pages: 278
Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.52 x 5.52 IN
Publication Date: December 31, 2003