×


 x 

Shopping cart
17%OFFMary Karr - The Art of Memoir - 9780062223074 - V9780062223074
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

The Art of Memoir

€ 20.99
€ 17.47
You save € 3.52!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Art of Memoir Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 194.
Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well. For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl Strayed, Keith Gessen, and Koren Zailckas.) In The Art of Memoir, she synthesizes her expertise as professor and therapy patient, writer and spiritual seeker, recovered alcoholic and black belt sinner, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062223074
SKU
V9780062223074
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 8 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Mary Karr
Mary Karr is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs: The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit, as well as The Art of Memoir, also a New York Times bestseller. She received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships for poetry and is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University.

Reviews for The Art of Memoir
Karr is a national treasure-that rare genius who's also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be inspired, and anyone passionate to live an examined life will fall in love with language and literature all over again.
George Saunders Could have been called 'The ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Art of Memoir


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!