Atlas, James
The Shadow in the Garden
- ISBN 13:
- 9781472153135
- author:
- Atlas, James
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Corsair
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 16.3 x 24.3 x 3.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Personal Memoirs, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
James Atlas's memoir takes us back to his childhood in suburban Chicago, where he fell in love with literature and began studying writers' lives. This is the story of how he became a biographer, tracing his own journey through the lives of those who inspired him.
From his professor Richard Ellmann, who taught him about James Joyce, to his early subjects like poet Delmore Schwartz, Atlas revisits the lives and work of classical biographers. He explores the world of contemporary literature, celebrating the luminaries of his generation and the labor of those who seek to understand them.
This is a personal history that also becomes a pocket history of his literary generation, offering insights into the lives of writers like Saul Bellow and the Renaissance writers who pioneered the genre. A thoughtful and engaging exploration of the craft of biography and the power of storytelling.
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