The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories
First edition cover
AuthorDenis Johnson
Cover artistDebbie Glasserman
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
January 16, 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages224
ISBN978-0-8129-8863-5 (First edition hardcover)
OCLC986937986
813/.54
LC ClassPS3560.O3745 A6 2018

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories is a 2018 short story collection by Denis Johnson. It was published posthumously on January 16, 2018, by Random House. It consists of five short stories, three of which were previously published in The New Yorker and Playboy. Johnson finished the collection a few weeks before his death in May 2017.[1]

The book was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.[2][3]

  1. ^ Smallwood, Christine (September 15, 2017). "What Do Artists' Final Works Say About Their Lives?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Schaub, Michael (January 22, 2019). "Zadie Smith, Rachel Kushner among nominees for 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  3. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (January 23, 2019). "Anna Burns, Rachel Kushner, Terrance Hayes up for National Book Critics Circle Awards". CBC. Retrieved October 13, 2019.