Versatile, genre-breaking essays for curious readers.
With a blend of empathy and playfulness, Emmanuel Carrère reinvents nonfiction in his collection "97,196 Words". A mix of theology, historiography, fiction, reportage, and memoir, Carrère's essays span a wide variety of topics including American heroin addicts, the philosophy of Philip K. Dick, and his own botched interview with Catherine Deneuve. This collection is perfect for readers who want to explore the multifaceted nature of truth and reality through the lens of eccentric lives and remarkable events.
ISBN: 9780374178208
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM109.38 MYR
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date of Publication: 2019-11-05
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 388 readers)
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A selection of the best short work by France's greatest living nonfiction writerOver the course of his career, Emmanuel Carrère has reinvented nonfiction writing. In a search for truth in all its guises, he dispenses with the rules of genre. For him, no form is out of reach: Theology, historiography, reportage, and memoir--among many others--are fused under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity, and intellect that has made Carrère one of our most distinctive and important literary voices today.97,196 Words introduces Carrère's shorter work to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary texts written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carrère's creative life, the book shows a remarkable mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, 97,196 Words considers the divides between truth, reality, and our shared humanity, exploring remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carrère's own.
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