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View BasketTrue Tales of American Life
- Contributor(s):
- Paul Auster (editor)
- Format:
- Paperback , 197 x 126mm , 491pp
- Publication date:
- 07 Oct 2002
- Publisher:
- Faber and Faber
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571210701
- ISBN-10:
- 0571210708
List Price: £8.99
Online Price: £6.74
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Summary:
Chosen by Paul Auster out of 4000 stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide an illuminating portrait of America in the 20th century. The selection requirement of the stories was that they should be true and not previously published.
Reviews:
'It is difficult to think of another book published this year, and probably any book to be published next year, that is so simple and so obvious, so excellent in intention and so elegant in its execution, and which displays such wisdom and such knowledge of human life in all its varieties.' Ian Sansom, Guardian; 'Fantastic... Glows with the truth of shared human experience.' The Face; 'Astonishing... This is writing at its very finest.' Independent
Additional Information:
Related subjects: American history: from c 1900 - True stories
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