Reading, writing, and leaving home : life on the page / Lynn Freed.
Reading, writing, and leaving home : life on the page / Lynn Freed.
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Publisher
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005.
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N823.914/970
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Language
English
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Physical content
237 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents
A child's reading -- Honorary son -- Sex with the servants -- False starts and creative failure -- Embracing the alien -- Home on the range -- The big snore -- Doing time -- Taming the gorgon -- Musgrave house -- Not much of a funeral.
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Publisher
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
c2005.
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"Equal parts revelation and inspiration, these eleven essays combine a memoir of an exotic life, reflections on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life. In "Taming the Gorgon" an account of translating a difficult mother into fiction becomes a poignant and hilarious medit...
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Reading, writing, and leaving home : life on the page / Lynn Freed.
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N823.914/970
Record Identifier
74VKm3RqRxxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKm3RqRxxZ
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ISBN
9780151011322
015101132X
DDC
820
823.914
MMS ID
991020574919702626
