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In Rooms of Memory

Essays

In Rooms of Memory( )
Author: Masters, Hilary
Series title:American Lives Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8032-2271-7
Publication Date:Sep 2009
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $36.30
Book Description:

This mature, exquisite collection of personal essays by Hilary Masters offers a rare pleasure. Here are meditations and reflections distilled in fine prose from a long and varied life - musings that, in the distinguished tradition of essays carried on since the days of Montaigne, articulate the piquant insights of the writer's experience.

Book Details
Pages:260
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.97 x 21.59 x 2.54 cm
Book Weight:0.477 Kilograms
Author Biography
Masters, Hilary (Author)
Hilary Masters (February 3, 1928 - June 14, 2015) was an American writer. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of poet Edgar Lee Masters. He attended Davidson College from 1944-1946, then served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 -1947 as a naval correspondent. He completed his BA at Brown University in 1952. His books included Post: A Fable, In Rooms of Memory: Essays, Last Stands: Notes From Memory and How the Indians Buried Their Dead: Stories. He died in his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 87.



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