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The Writing Life

The Writing Life Paperback - 2013

by Annie Dillard

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With color, irony and sensitivity, Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.

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In these short essays, Annie Dillard—the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood—illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that characterize the existence of a writer. A moving account of Dillard's own experiences while writing her works, The Writing Life offers deep insight into one of the most mysterious professions.
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  • Title The Writing Life
  • Author Annie Dillard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.s.a.
  • Date 2013-11
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SQ5431742
  • ISBN 9780060919887 / 0060919884
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.34 x 0.32 in (20.37 x 13.56 x 0.81 cm)
  • Reading level 880
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century - Biography, Dillard, Annie - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89045034
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the rear cover

Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 08/24/1990, Page 0