Ebook {Epub PDF} Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin

Works like Shoplifting From American Apparel just might be the future of literature, with a style that’s wary of words’ ability to say more than intended. Best to keep it simple, leaving a page slice of life cut with a very sharp and discerning blade – one that Lin wields well.”—. The Austin Chronicle.  · Book: Shoplifting from American Apparel. Author: Tao Lin. Type of Book: Fiction, novella, autobiography. Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Does it really matter? Availability: Published by Melville Press in , I highly advise that you not buy a copy, but rather shoplift a copy. If you get caught and arrested, take your mugshot, superimpose it over a picture of your ass, and mail it to Lin. Shoplifting from American Apparel follows the protagonist, a lightly fictionalized or not-fictionalized-at-all version of Lin, through some stuff, where he thinks about--and to a much lesser extent, assumes some agency in regard to--girls and life and veganism and, yes, shoplifts from American Apparel/5(80).

Tao Lin: 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' Tao Lin: Directionless lives in a story that could end anywhere capture the inanity of human interactions. Ari Messer. Oct. 1, Tao Lin's Shoplifting From American Apparel, a semi-autobiographical novella, fits neither description. It explicitly selects a readership, and a particular one at that. Or, rather, it targets a demographic that includes "hipsters, happy but sensitive teenagers, depressed vegans, Europeans, and college students," so admits the prolific. Shoplifting From American Apparel | Chapter 5 of 7. Sam woke around p.m. and saw no emails from Sheila. He made a smoothie. He lay on his bed and stared at his computer screen. He showered and put on clothes and opened the Microsoft Word file of his poetry. He looked at his email.

Still, the publication of his new novella Shoplifting from American Apparel in Melville House’s Contemporary Art of the Novella series, meant the time to read him was finally here. A way into Shoplifting from American Apparel might be found in Lin’s blog. Just take a look at that URL. Shoplifting from American Apparel is Tao Lin 's first novella, fifth book, and first published fiction since the simultaneous publication of his debut novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee, and debut story-collection, Bed. Shoplifting is based on a short story first published in Vice Magazine 's second annual fiction issue. Book: Shoplifting from American Apparel. Author: Tao Lin. Type of Book: Fiction, novella, autobiography. Why Do I Consider This Book Odd: Does it really matter? Availability: Published by Melville Press in , I highly advise that you not buy a copy, but rather shoplift a copy. If you get caught and arrested, take your mugshot, superimpose it over a picture of your ass, and mail it to Lin.