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An American Childhood
by Annie Dillard
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780060915186 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Appearing on bestseller lists everywhere (including five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list), the hardcover edition of this title instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country with its joyous, exhilarating memories of growing up in the 1950s.
Review:
"A remarkable work...an exceptionally interesting account." (--New York Times)
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"The reader who can't find something to whoop about is not alive. An American Childhood is perhaps the best American autobiography since Russell Baker's Growing Up." (-- Philadelphia Inquirer)
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"[An American Childhood] combines the child's sense of wonder with the adult's intelligence and is written in some of the finest prose that exists in contemporary America. It is a special sort of memoir that is entirely successful...This new book is [Annie Dillard's] best, a joyous ode to her own happy childhood." (--Newark Star-Ledger)
Synopsis:
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.
About the Author
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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softball_megan08, December 19, 2007 (view all comments by softball_megan08)
This is a great piece of work by Dillard.
If you do not like books with out a specific plot, I would say that this book is not for you, but if you like books that analyze a part of life that is not thought of much, I would most deffinantly recommend this book.
Dillard writes about "becoming awake" which is essentially the period between the ignorance and carefree life a child leads to the responsibility and knowledge filled life of the older children and through out the rest of your life. Dillard tells stories of her own childhood and how they relate to this awakening period. She is amazing at describing this period and frightening and quick.
I really enjoyed the book and would deffinantly recommend it to my friends =)
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jlm05d, April 12, 2007 (view all comments by jlm05d)
An American Childhood is an amazing book. I had to read it for my English class and i fell in love with it. In the book I liked how Dillard talked about her involvement in the church; how she described the church members and her parents not going to church. It made me understand how she felt about the church. Overall the book is awesome and I would recommend it to any one
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780060915186
- Subtitle:
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Harper Perennial
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Biography
- Subject:
- Women
- Subject:
- Authors, American
- Subject:
- Pittsburgh
- Subject:
- Pittsburgh (Pa.) Social life and customs.
- Subject:
- General Biography
- Copyright:
- 1988
- Edition Description:
- 1st Perennial library ed.
- Series Volume:
- no. 200
- Publication Date:
- September 1988
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 7.98x5.35x.68 in. .47 lbs.
