书目

TheDisappointmentArtist:Essays

内容简介

Inavolumehedescribesas"aseriesofcovertandnot-so-covertautobiographicalpieces,"JonathanLethemexploresthenatureofculturalobsession—fromwesternfilmsandcomicbooks,tothemusicofPinkFloydandtheNewYorkCitysubway.Alongtheway,heshowshoweachofthese"voyagesoutfromhimself"hasledhimtothesourceofhisbeginningsasawriter.TheDisappointmentArtistisaseriesofwindowsontothecollisionsofart,landscape,andpersonalhistorythatformedLethem’srichlyimaginative,searinglyhonestperspectiveonlife.Atouching,deeplyperceptiveportraitofawriterinthemaking.

作者简介

JonathanLethemistheauthorofsixnovels,includingTheFortressofSolitudeandMotherlessBrooklyn,whichwontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.Heisalsotheauthoroftwoshortstorycollections,MenandCartoonsandTheWalloftheSky,TheWalloftheEye,andtheeditorofTheVintageBookofAmnesia.HisessayshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,RollingStone,Granta,andHarper’s.HelivesinBrooklynandMaine.

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VintageContemporaries

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