Samatar, Sofia
Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life
- ISBN 13:
- 9781593767662
- author:
- Samatar, Sofia
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Soft Skull
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 20.6 x 14 x 1.5 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Opacities On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar is a deeply personal exploration of writing, publishing, and friendship. This collection of meditations weaves together letters from Samatar's friend with notes on literature, tracing her attempt to rediscover the intimacy of writing. Through a series of compressed prose pieces, Samatar draws on the work of writers such as Édouard Glissant, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Clarice Lispector, and Rainer Maria Rilke, among others. She grapples with fundamental questions about the writing life: how to navigate interviews and conferences without being reduced to a symbol, and how to find one's place in both biography and text. The result is a contemplative exploration of writing that blurs the line between author and character, correspondence and literary criticism.
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