How Literature Saved My Life
Download or Read eBook How Literature Saved My Life PDF written by David Shields and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : David Shields |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780345802729 |
ISBN-13 | : 0345802721 |
Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis How Literature Saved My Life by : David Shields
Book excerpt: Blending confessional criticism and cultural autobiography, David Shields explores the power of literature to make life survivable, maybe even endurable. Evoking his deeply divided personality, his character flaws, his woes, his serious despair, he wants "literature to assuage human loneliness, but nothing can assuage human loneliness. Literature doesn't lie about this—which is what makes it essential." This is a captivating, thought-provoking, utterly original book about the essential acts of reading and writing.