I Came All This Way to Meet You (eBook)

Writing Myself Home

Attenberg Jami Attenberg (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-951-4 (ISBN)

Infos

'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it stayed in my bloodstream, it felt, long after I'd finished it.' Nigella Lawson'Sharp and engrossing' Roxane GayAs the bookish daughter of a travelling salesman, Jami Attenberg was drawn to the road. Her wanderlust led her to drive solo across America, and eventually on travels around the globe, embracing - for better and worse - all the messy life she encountered along the way. As she travelled she was crafting, grafting and honing her work, piecing together a living and career, and wrestling with a deep longing for independence while also searching for community, and eventually, a place she might want to stay in for good. This remarkable memoir reveals the defining moments that pushed her to create a life, and voice, she could claim for herself. Exploring themes of friendship, independence, class and drive, I Came All This Way to Meet You is an inspiring and singular story of living the creative life, and finding one's way home.

Rezensionen

Comic and very human ... a brilliant reminder that being unsure, leading a messy life and, above all, trusting yourself to get where you need to go, can apply to us all

Deeply personal accounts of failure and sadness and how she found her voice as a writer ... Moving

This stunning work explores home not solely as geographic place, but really a mobile metaphor for the relationships we consistently run to and away from. Jami Attenberg cements her place as one of our greatest, most agile writers.

Honest, generous and propulsive. I loved it

I have always enjoyed [Jami Attenberg's] deceptively simple writing. Actually it's undeceptively simply. She has a voice that doesn't pretend to be cleverer or weaker than you.

Not your average writer's memoir, this one takes in wanderlust, independence and the creative life

Illuminating... made me feel like I'd found a kindred spirit.

Whipsmart ... Prepare to be inspired.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Bernardine Evaristo Manifesto • Caitlin Moran • dolly alderton • Elizabeth Day • Elizabeth Gilbert • Giving Up the Ghost • how to be a writer when you're not rich • Julia Cameron • making art and class • Nell Frizzell • Pandora Sykes • Sam Baker • the artist's way • The Writing Life • The Year of Magical Thinking
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-951-8 / 1782839518
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-951-4 / 9781782839514