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Bezig met laden... A Day at the Beach: Recollectionsdoor Geoffrey Wolff
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'm not sure why Geoff Wolff's recollections of his life are so grating to me-- he is, I suppose, technically a skilled writer . . . maybe simply because I can see his wielding of the tools so clearly? Maybe because he seems to feel he is under some contract to deliver, bubblewrapped, the packets of emotively tinged experience to people who "need" them, having lived somewhat smaller lives than his? All I know is that the tone of these things drives me nuts. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
With these interwoven autobiographical essays, Geoffrey Wolff, author of the acclaimed The Duke of Deception, recounts the moral (and immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and father, as he offers his spirited, elegant, and deeply felt observations on an extraordinary life: from wildly dysfunctional childhood Christmases to a concupiscent career teaching literature in Istanbul; from a victory over the chaos of drink to a life-affirming surrender to the majesty of the Matterhorn; and from a foundering friendship to the transcending love of family. He shares with us, then, the wisdom of an alert man learning through the unsettling collisions of time, place, and local custom, and through the force of hardship and hazard, to bring his many disparate selves together -- with astonishing high-stakes candor and dazzling literary agility. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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