Beautiful Woman Without Mercy; And, the King of Scarecrows: Two Novels

by Steven Culbert

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880909030
• ISBN13: 9781880909034
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Baskerville Publishers
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

tour de force

In the spirit of the Beats, Culbert manages to pull off two great stories here, really remarkable prose and full of disturbing imagery that'll make you feel like you're ready to hit the road and meet some strange and interesting people. Check it out. Good stuff.

As a student of the author: Dr. Steven Culbert.

As a student of Dr. Steven Culberts', I studied Zen Buddhist influences on Japanese Corporate Culture. And in so doing, I learned the true meaning of Dr. Culberts' work--the beauty in nature, the predictable and baffling nature of humans. Dr. Culberts' books read like fine poetry and thoughtful philosophy tightly wrapped into the cacoon of humanity. Our deepest emotions and most unspoken desires are revealed in a disarming fashion. You would do well to read his work. Sincerely, James Giries

Original, peculiar and memorable.

Original, peculiar and memorable. Culbert's distinctive voice is an important new presence in American fiction

In a word: wonderful.

"It is wonderful. Without being derivative one is reminded of Hesse -- his sense of the magic of reality. But the book is throughly American. It builds a wonderful apotheosis in the whorehouse episode. It beautifully captures the omnipresence of death as the mystery of being." William Everson (Brother Antoninus)

Editor-in-Chief, The Steinbeck Quarterly

"This is a disturbingly powerful book. It is very American and yet universal. The book electrifies the reader perhaps because it embodies the agony and ecstasy of life against the background of nothingness that is yet measured by the eternal. Is it the enigmatic world of Zen the book epitomizes? Tetsumaro /Hayashi Editor-in-Chief, The Steinbeck Quarterly