The Situation and the Story
Author | : Vivian Gornick |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2002-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 0374528586 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780374528584 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Situation and the Story written by Vivian Gornick and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-10-11 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking readers on a tour of some of the best memoirs and essays of the past hundred years, Gornick traces the changing idea of self that has dominated the century, and demonstrates the enduring truth-speaker to be found in the work of writers as diverse as Edmund Gosse, Joan Didion, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, and Marguerite Duras.