Important Things That Don’t Matter A Novel
Important Things That Don’t Matter A Novel by David Amsden is a First Edition published by HarperCollins on April 1, 2003. This 272-page work presents a provocative and darkly humorous exploration of family dynamics, particularly focusing on the relationship between a boy and his father amidst the backdrop of the eighties and nineties. The narrative raises essential questions about intimacy and the complexities of growing up, as the protagonist grapples with memories and experiences that shape his understanding of adulthood.
Readers will find a candid portrayal of the protagonist’s reflections on his father, the impact of divorce, and the challenges of navigating relationships. The story delves into themes of memory and identity, revealing how past experiences can resurface unexpectedly and influence present interactions. Amsden’s writing invites readers to consider the nuances of familial connections and the often humorous yet poignant moments that define them. This edition is presented in English and features dimensions of 8.5 inches in height and 5.75 inches in length.
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A provocative, moving, darkly funny portrait of family and divorce, a boy and his father, the eighties and nineties, and sex and intimacy issues that raises vital questions about a generation just now reaching adulthood.
Important Things that Don’t Matter
The truth is, I really have no idea how everything I’m about to tell you happened, or why really — how Dad of all people started diluting my thoughts lately, tugging at certain moments, making cameo appearances at the most inopportune times.
Like I’m in a bar, just trying to have a beer, and all of a sudden I’m seven again, in that bar with Dad. A girl reaches over and puts her hand up into my hair, and I just want her to stop, to get off, to go away — you guessed it, there’s Dad, somewhere.
Maybe a psychoanalyst would say it was the divorce, or Dad and the cocaine, and that I was too young then, but that I’m twenty now, and that people are prone to oppress and repress and suppress and regress and digress — maybe he’d tell you it’s part of “a larger syndrome.” But I’m not sure people like that quite know what they’re saying. Trust me. I’ve been to them.
So Dad’s around lately. That’s it. And I want to tell you things, throw fragments your way that I barely understand. Because it’s just funny, flat out, the way someone you don’t even know can get up in your face, tweak things that should be so ordinary. Or I think it’s funny. Maybe you will too. Maybe you’ll laugh. Maybe you won’t believe a word. Maybe you’ll wish you had my number so we could go out, share things. Maybe you’ll know something I don’t, and can tell me. Maybe —
I’m just hung up on him, on Dad, on parents in general. So many of them, it seems, act like such children these days. Some of us are adults now, and I can’t help but wonder: What’s going to happen?
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