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Jesus' Son: Stories Denis Johnson
Publisher: Harper Perennial

The name of this collection comes from the Lou Reed song, Heroin. Joe—is that why Junkie Love is a true story—because you could never capture the real thing in fiction? In response to the criticism of the scribes and Pharisees who Each story centers on an item that has gone missing—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Denis Johnson changed my mind with this, now one of my all-time favorite books, and showed how to braid narrative and use the lyric register (poetic language). However, while all of these stories are amazing and inspiring, they pale in comparison to the greatest story ever told. Two of the wildest stories listed in the long list of One Story's recent list of top ten favorite short stories are from Denis Johnson's cult classic Jesus' Son. This is strong evidence either that the gospel writers knew of (and could have been influenced by) resurrecting god stories from other cultures or that these stories influenced the Jesus story when it was told from person to person. The story of how God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins! Tryout turned out to be the keyword, here. Mine is that I'm not a big fan of short stories. I only saw the movie of Jesus' Son. A parable is often defined as “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning,” and Jesus used them regularly to teach his disciples. JESUS' SON was recommended to me as the perfect tryout book for Johnson's literature. Used to captivate and convict the hearts of his listeners, the parables of Jesus were simple tales with profound meanings.