Inventing the Truth : The Art and Craft of Memoir Paperback - 1998
by Kazin, Alfred, Dillard, Annie, Morrison, Toni, Baker, Russell
- Used
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Details
- Title Inventing the Truth : The Art and Craft of Memoir
- Author Kazin, Alfred, Dillard, Annie, Morrison, Toni, Baker, Russell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Rev Sub
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, Boston
- Date 1998-05-20
- Bookseller's Inventory # 3962614-75
- ISBN 9780395901502 / 0395901502
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.23 x 5.52 x 0.56 in (20.90 x 14.02 x 1.42 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Autobiography, Authors, American - Biography - History and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98007926
- Dewey Decimal Code 920.073
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Summary
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.
