The Disappointment Artist EPUB
by Jonathan Lethem
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Lethem illuminates the process by which a child invents himself as a writer, and as a human being, through a series of approaches to the culture around him.
In the title piece, a letter from his aunt (a children's book author) spurs a meditation on the value of writing workshops, the role and influence of reviews, and the uncomfortable fraternity of writers.
In 'Defending The Searchers', Lethem explains how a passion for the classic John Wayne Western became occasion for a series of minor humiliations.
In 'Identifying with Your Parents', an excavation of childhood love for superhero comics expands to cover a whole range of nostalgia for a previous generation's cultural artefacts. And '13/1977/21', which begins by recounting the summer he saw Star Wars twenty-one times, 'slipping past ushers who'd begun to recognize me...', becomes a meditation on the sorrow and solace of the solitary moviegoer.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:07/08/2014
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- ISBN:9780571317905
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:07/08/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571317905