Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir

Baker, Russell; Morrison, Toni; Kazin, Alfred; Dillard, Annie

ISBN 10: 0395901502 / ISBN 13: 9780395901502

Edité par Harper Perennial (edition Subsequent), 1998

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Synopsis :

An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir

 

Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing the Truth offers wisdom from nine notable memoirists about their process (Ian Frazier searched through generations of family papers to understand his parents' lives), the hurdles they faced (Annie Dillard tackles the central dilemma of memoir: what to put in and what to leave out), and the unexpected joys of bringing their pasts to the page. Featured authors include Russell Baker on Growing Up; Jill Ker Conway on The Road from Coorain; Annie Dillard on An American Childhood; Ian Frazier on Family; Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Colored People; Alfred Kazin on A Walker in the City; Frank McCourt on Angela's Ashes; Toni Morrison on Beloved; and Eileen Simpson on Poets in Their Youth.

À propos des auteurs: Toni Morrison was a master storyteller. Her groundbreaking novel Beloved won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. In 1993 she became the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

Alfred Kazin has lectured and taught at many prestigious universities in both the U.S. and Europe. His books include A Walker in the City, The Inmost Leaf, and Starting Out in the Thirties.
 

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of ...
Éditeur : Harper Perennial (edition Subsequent)
Date d'édition : 1998
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Edition : Subsequent.