The Resource Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays, Claire Messud
Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays, Claire Messud
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The item Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays, Claire Messud represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ipswich Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A glimpse into a beloved novelist's inner world, shaped by family, art, and literature. In her fiction, Claire Messud "has specialized in creating unusual female characters with ferocious, imaginative inner lives" (Ruth Franklin, New York Times Magazine). Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud's own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a warm, complicated family; and, throughout it all, her devotion to art and literature. In twenty-nine intimate, brilliant, funny, and sharp essays, Messud reflects on a childhood move from her Connecticut home to Australia; the complex relationship between her modern Canadian mother and a fiercely single French Catholic aunt; and a trip to Beirut, where her pied-noir father had once lived, while he was dying. She meditates on Albert Camus, Teju Cole, and Valeria Luiselli, and tours her favorite paintings at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Crafting a vivid portrait of a life in celebration of the power of literature, Messud proves once again "an absolute master storyteller" (Rebecca Carroll, Los Angeles Times)"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324006756
- Label
- Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays
- Title
- Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write
- Title remainder
- an autobiography in essays
- Statement of responsibility
- Claire Messud
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A glimpse into a beloved novelist's inner world, shaped by family, art, and literature. In her fiction, Claire Messud "has specialized in creating unusual female characters with ferocious, imaginative inner lives" (Ruth Franklin, New York Times Magazine). Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud's own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a warm, complicated family; and, throughout it all, her devotion to art and literature. In twenty-nine intimate, brilliant, funny, and sharp essays, Messud reflects on a childhood move from her Connecticut home to Australia; the complex relationship between her modern Canadian mother and a fiercely single French Catholic aunt; and a trip to Beirut, where her pied-noir father had once lived, while he was dying. She meditates on Albert Camus, Teju Cole, and Valeria Luiselli, and tours her favorite paintings at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Crafting a vivid portrait of a life in celebration of the power of literature, Messud proves once again "an absolute master storyteller" (Rebecca Carroll, Los Angeles Times)"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Messud, Claire
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.E8134
- LC item number
- Z46 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Messud, Claire
- Novelists, American
- Novelists, American
- Label
- Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays, Claire Messud
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1152354832
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324006756
- Lccn
- 2020018802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1152354832
- Label
- Kant's little Prussian head and other reasons why I write : an autobiography in essays, Claire Messud
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1152354832
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324006756
- Lccn
- 2020018802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1152354832
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