The Best American Essays 2011
The acclaimed author of Breath, Eyes, Memory presents an anthology of personal essays by Hilton Als, Christopher Hitchens, Zadie Smith and others.In her selection process for this sterling volume, Edwidge Danticat considers the inherent vulnerability of the essay form-a vulnerability that seems all the more present in today's spotlighted public square. As she says in her introduction, when we insert our 'I' (our eye) to search deeper into someone, something, or ourselves, we are always risking a yawn or a slap, indifference or disdain.Here are intimate personal essays that examine a range of vital topics, from cancer diagnosis to police bruta…
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Weitere Autoren: Atwan, Robert (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-547-67843-6
- EAN: 9780547678436
- Produktnummer: 35449785
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 275 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 917 KB
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