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The Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life
Author Nicholas Delbanco
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Description for The Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life
Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
We work, each one of us, in the deep dark with no notion of what lasts. With this phrase Nicholas Delbanco reveals one of his urgent concerns: Why does a writer write? How much of his work will seem meaningful to others? In The Lost Suitcase Delbanco ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. The title novella, a stunningly crafted story that is the book's centerpiece, takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to ... Read more
We work, each one of us, in the deep dark with no notion of what lasts. With this phrase Nicholas Delbanco reveals one of his urgent concerns: Why does a writer write? How much of his work will seem meaningful to others? In The Lost Suitcase Delbanco ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. The title novella, a stunningly crafted story that is the book's centerpiece, takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231115438
SKU
V9780231115438
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About Author Nicholas Delbanco
Nicholas Delbanco is Robert Frost Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan and the author of eighteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including Old Scores; Group Portrait: Conrad, Crane, Ford, James, and Wells; Running in Place: Scenes from the South of France; and The Writers'Trade and Other Stories. A founding director of the Bennington Writing Workshops, he directs the Hopwood ... Read more
Reviews for The Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life
Delbanco has a fine intellect and a sharp pen, and he wields both with precision... The essays contain gems of wisdom and lovely turns of phrase.
Helen Fremont Harvard Review #21, Fall 2001 Engaging... [The Lost Suitcaseis] distinguished by its technical virtuosity, self-reflexive perspective and an improvisational modus operandi.
Andy Brumer The New York Times Book Review The ... Read more
Helen Fremont Harvard Review #21, Fall 2001 Engaging... [The Lost Suitcaseis] distinguished by its technical virtuosity, self-reflexive perspective and an improvisational modus operandi.
Andy Brumer The New York Times Book Review The ... Read more