Why do biographies remain so popular? "Granta 41" presents a special collection of biographies organized around a single idea - how do you tell the story of a life?. Also in this issue is the exclusive first publication of Saul Bellow's "Memoirs of a Bootlegger's Son", James Atlas on Bellow's apprenticeship in Chicago, Andrew Motion on the discovery of Philip Larkin's secret Northumberland hideaway, Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the mysterious Frau Frida whom he first met in Vienna after the war, plus Richard Holmes, Ian Hamilton, Louise Eldrich, Lorna Sage, and Luc Sante amid the police archives of 1914 New York.
Granta 41
Granta 41
Summary
Why do biographies remain so popular? "Granta 41" presents a collection of biographies organized around a single idea - how do you tell the story of a life? Also in this issue is the first publication of Saul Bellow's "Memoirs of a Bootlegger's Son".
Granta 41 Summary
Table of Contents
Memoirs of a bootlegger's son, Saul Bellow; starting out in Chicago (Saul Bellow), James Atlas; dreams for hire (Frau Frida), Gabriel Garcia Marquez; when did you last see your father? (Dr Arthur Morrison), Blake Morrison; a very young dancer (Moira), Todd McEwen; the names of women (Virginia Grandbois, Elise Eliza McCloud, Justine Gourneau), Louise Erdrich; the contents of pockets (the Panther Boys, George McAghon, Mrs Cornelius, Miss Wheelan, Marion Hart, Gaspare Candella, Giuseppe Certona and one unidentified), Luc Sante; breaking in (Philip Larkin), Andrew Motion; among the tulips (James Boswell), Richard Holmes; a colossal hoard (the descendants of James Boswell), Ian Hamilton; life and art (Jean Vaublin), John Banville; death of the author (Angela Carter), Lorna Sage.
Additional information
GOR006162942
9780140140521
0140140522
Granta 41: Biography by
Used - Good
Paperback
Granta Books
1992-11-05
252
N/A
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