The World's Best Memoir Writing: The Literature of Life from St. Augustine to Gandhi, and from Pablo Picasso to Nelson Mandela
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402209754 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 412 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is her first anthology. . She has written about books, films and culture for many publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Eve Claxton was born in London and is now based in Brooklyn, New York
"The World's Best Memoir Writing" according to ADW. I haven't read this entire book, just some of the parts from people I was interested in reading about. The book includes excerpts from various people's memoirs. Some of them are Muhammad Ali, Bertrand Russell, Salvadore Dali, Mahatma Gandhi, Elie Wiesel, Charlie Chaplin, and Kurt Vonnegut. Some of the excerpts made me laugh such as Dali's and Kurt Vonnegut's excerpt from his later years (Vonnegut was a feisty old man). I would say the main drawback of this book is that some of the excerpts are too short. I wanted to read more and wish they hadn't ended so soon, but maybe the purpose of the boo. "Good short read" according to Daisy Mae. Picked up this book from the library and enjoyed it so much that I ordered my own copy. I can pick it up and read one memoir when I have just a few minutes--a good addition to any library.. "Cream of the Crop" according to Dirk K Cockrum. This book skims the cream of memoirs. It will lead to you to pick up several other books, based upon the excerpts used. The background on the authors provides additional insight to the passages.
""Whether you are a teacher, student, or just an avid reader, World's Best Memoir Writing provides a valuable reference for anyone interested in broadening their knowledge of memoir writing Those who fall into this category deserve to give this book a look."" - Midwest Book Review
The reader experiences world history as the authors lived it and gains rare insight into the lives and personalities of some of the world's most important writers, thinkers, athletes and artists.From Charlie Chaplin's childhood walks through Victorian London and Alan Bennett's wartime boyhood in Yorkshire to the day Muhammad Ali discovered boxing and Mahatma Gandhi experimented with cigarettes; from Primo Levi's capture of fascist militia at twenty-one and Katherine Hepburn's first acting job at the same age to Charles Darwin on his lifelong lo