Books written by David Galef

  • Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading
    Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading

    What distortions emerge through repetition? How do we determine what's worth rereading and what is the role of such repetition in our lives? What are the gains and losses? This work investigates the rereading of texts from various genres.

  • The Supporting Cast: A Study of Flat and Minor Characters
    The Supporting Cast: A Study of Flat and Minor Characters

    Beginning with E. M. Forster's landmark study of flat and round characters, this book is both a critical and writerly examination of the species: Why are certain minor characters so salient in readers' minds, and why are flat characters ...

  • Kanji Poems
    Kanji Poems

    David Galef finds character in Japanese characters, and narrative in the bridges between their definitions. The short pieces in KANJI POEMS take us on a journey to a Japan of many times and places.

  • Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook
    Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook

    Brevity is an indispensable resource for anyone working in this increasingly popular form.

  • Even Monkeys Fall from Trees: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs
    Even Monkeys Fall from Trees: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs

    Even Monkeys Fall From Trees: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs, with a foreword by Edward G. Seidensticker, is a collection of the hundred most common Japanese proverbs, with direct translations and their English equivalents.

  • Turning Japanese
    Turning Japanese

    Turning Japanese is as much about the allure of a foreign culture as it is about the divided existence of an expat and the terrors of ones own mind.

  • Laugh track
    Laugh track

    ... Sending Up My Timber . " 1 think it was a song that she had made up . She sounded happy . Her oldest son was home . " Where is he , Mama ? " I asked impatiently . " He's gone to the sto ' , " she explained . " You'll see him tonight ...