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Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBZrzpZ

Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

About this item

Full title

Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Uniform title

Essays. Selections

Call Numbers

G 2017/5759

Record Identifier

74VKVgBZrzpZ

MMS ID

991024148801002626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 369 pages ; 25 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

I. Men -- Comp Lit 101: advice from my dad -- Bloodline to star power -- Mr. Big -- Father's Day -- Eulogy for my father -- The groundling -- Everything I know I've learned from my bad back -- Men and games and guns -- Letter to my father -- II. Women -- Motherhood -- Love is a dog from hell -- Ushe...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2017.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"An intellectually thrilling and emotionally wrenching investigation of otherness: the need for one person to understand another person completely, the impossibility of any such absolute knowing, and the erotics of this separation. Can one person know another person? How do we live through other people? Is it possible to fill the gap between people...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Other people : takes & mistakes / David Shields.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

"This is a Borzoi book" -- Title page verso.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2017

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/5759

Record Identifier

74VKVgBZrzpZ

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBZrzpZ

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0385351992 hardcover

9780385351997 hardcover

DDC

814.54

MMS ID

991024148801002626

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