Los Angeles Stories

Los Angeles Stories is a short-story collection by Ry Cooder. Cooder's first published story collection, the book was published by City Lights Books in late 2011[1] as part of its City Lights Noir collection.

Los Angeles Stories
Los Angeles Stories
AuthorRy Cooder
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCity Lights
Publication date
October 2011
Pages224
ISBN978-0-87286-519-8

Table of Contents
  • All in a day's work[2]
  • Who do you know that I don't?
  • La vida es un sueno
  • Kill me, por favor[3]
  • End of the line
  • My telephone keeps ringin'
  • Gun shop boogie
  • Smile

Reception

Early reports in the Los Angeles media described the book as "an atmospheric look at post-World War II L.A. that unfolds in Chavez Ravine and Venice, Santa Monica and Bunker Hill."[4] and compared the style to "the Beats and Noir", with "musicians, streetwalkers and other hard-nosed denizens cruising through the madness of our city."[5] San Francisco Chronicle reviewer Jonah Raskin said, "Cooder fans will enjoy the upbeat mix of music and murder. Aficionados of noir fiction will love the characters . . . ."[1] Mother Jones critic Tim McDonnell called it "a requiem to a city wherein the world's tides swept together an impossibly diverse culture that was quickly squandered and homogenized by Hollywood and hit-hungry record executives" and "a deeply humane history of the time before instant pop hits and sprawling superhighways."[6]

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References
  1. Jonah Raskin, "'Los Angeles Stories,' by Ry Cooder", San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2011.
  2. https://www.scribd.com/doc/63607543/Table-of-Contents-and-First-Story-from-Los-Angeles-Stories
  3. http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/los_angeles_noir_20111005/
  4. David L. Ulin, "Fall book preview", Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2011.
  5. Joe Lapin, "Best City Ready For Its Literary Close-up", LA Weekly, September 22, 2011.
  6. Tim McDonnell, "Ry Cooder's Vintage Los Angeles Fiction", Mother Jones, October 17, 2011.
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