Myself and Strangers
A Memoir of Apprenticeship
In Myself and Strangers, John Graves, the highly regarded author of Goodbye to a River and other classic works, recalls the decade-long apprenticeship in which he found his voice as a writer. He recounts his wanderings from Texas to Mexico, New York, and Spain, where, like Hemingway, he hoped to find the material with which to write books that mattered. With characteristic honesty, Graves admits the false starts and dead ends that dogged much of his writing, along with the exhilaration he felt when the words finally flowed. He frankly describes both the pleasures and the restlessness of expatriate life in Europe after World War II as well as…
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- ISBN: 978-0-292-70972-0
- EAN: 9780292709720
- Produktnummer: 1378445
- Verlag: University Of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 253 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.6 cm 343 g
- Abbildungen: 18 b&w illus.
- Gewicht: 343
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