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How Literature Saved My Life
David Shields
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Description for How Literature Saved My Life
Hardcover. 'Nothing can assuage human loneliness. Literature doesn't lie about this - which is what makes it essential.' David Shields BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 116 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, David Shields explores the power of literature to make life endurable. How Literature Saved My Life chronicles the author's character flaws and despairs, using the crucible of self to show how confessional reading and writing are the foundation of a practice that helps us transcend sorrow, loss, and loneliness. 'I think just about everything David Shields writes is pretty much indispensable.' - Brett Easton Ellis
Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, David Shields explores the power of literature to make life endurable. How Literature Saved My Life chronicles the author's character flaws and despairs, using the crucible of self to show how confessional reading and writing are the foundation of a practice that helps us transcend sorrow, loss, and loneliness. 'I think just about everything David Shields writes is pretty much indispensable.' - Brett Easton Ellis
Product Details
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
242g
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907903755
SKU
V9781907903755
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99-2
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