Alphabetical Diaries
Paperback Published on: 06/02/2024; Language: English, English (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £10.99
Bookseller Reviews
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Thrillingly New
What a relief it is to find someone still discovering new things to do with literature, willing to take chances and offer up something truly different.
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Abstract and fascinating
Huge thank you to Fitzcarraldo Editions for sending me a proof copy!
Admittedly a huge fan of Heti’s work, beginning first with How Should A Person Be? ... READ MORE
A masterwork
Sheila Heti's 'Not I'. 'T' is a wonderful chapter, purely for the 'Then' passages. 'H', too, for how profoundly insightful Hanif comes across. 'W', for the... READ MORE
Synopsis
Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z.
In the vein of Joe Brainard’s I Remember and Edouard Levé’s Autoportrait, passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, these are the alphabetical diaries.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
- ISBN: 9781804270776
- Number of pages: 168
- Dimensions: 197 x 125 mm
- Languages: English, English (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allExtremely Hard Work
This is a collection of ten years of diary entries, thoughts and memories arranged in alphabetical order. As an intellectual exercise this seems like a sup... READ MORE
The Wonderful Remix
Taught me how to read in a different way whilst simultaneously asking me to question the way I was reading it. If that sounds like hard work, I don't mean ... READ MORE