True stories : and other essays / Francis Spufford.
True stories : and other essays / Francis Spufford.
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Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0305
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Cold. Winter night -- Ice -- Worst journey -- Shackleton -- Read my toes -- Borealism -- Huntford's Nansen, Huntford's Scott -- The uses of Antarctica -- Red. Siberian journal -- The Soviet moment -- Plenty -- Responsible fiction, irresponsible fact -- Idols of the marketplace -- Unicorn husbandry -...
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Publisher
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Francis Spufford's welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the present. He makes use of a variety of encounters with particular places, writers, or books to address deeper questions relating to the complicated relationship between story-telling and truth-telling. How must a nonfiction...
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True stories : and other essays / Francis Spufford.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0305
Record Identifier
74VKVGAr08RZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGAr08RZ
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ISBN
0300230052 (hardback)
9780300230055 (hardback)
DDC
814.6
MMS ID
991024154653002626
