Literary Life A Second Memoir |
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Author:
| McMurtry, Larry |
ISBN: | 978-1-4391-5994-1 |
Publication Date: | May 2011 |
Publisher: | Simon & Schuster
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry follows up his memoir Books with this engrossing and deeply personal reflection on the life of a writer. Larry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In
Literary Life, the sequel to
Books, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at...
More Description Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry follows up his memoir Books with this engrossing and deeply personal reflection on the life of a writer.
Larry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In Literary Life, the sequel to Books, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bestselling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. It is a work to be cherished not only by McMurtry's admirers, but by the innumerable aspiring writers who seek to make their own mark on American literature.