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This is the third part of Canetti's autobiography. This book finds the author still in his twenties, having been cooped up in a bedsitter on the outskirts of Vienna working on his …
In 1985, William Styron, author of "Sophie's Choice" and "The Confessions of Nat Turner", was overtaken by insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise - the first signs of a deep …
The strange and wonderful story of the author's childhood. He nearly died at birth from asphyxiation but survived with severe brain damage, cut off in his own silent world, …
The second volume of a three-volume autobiography, the first one being "The Tongue Set Free". This work uses as a framework Canetti's admiration for his mentor Karl Kraus, and his …
This story of America's involvement in Vietnam told through the portrait of John Paul Vann received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Sheehan, a Vietnam correspondent …
Wanda Newby grew up in a small village in the mountains of Slovenia - the daughter of the village school-master. This is an affectionate evocation of the simple and close-knit …
Providing a portrait of the author's personal background and creative development, this book presents the events, personalities and intellectual forces which shaped the growth of …
The author of "The Barracks Thief" and "Hunters in the Snow" recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States and tracing …