I Came All This Way to Meet You
Jami Attenberg
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Beschreibung
'I was so captivated by this book, so utterly drawn in and overwhelmed by the emotional force of it, that it stayed in my bloodstream, it felt, long after I'd finished it.' Nigella Lawson
'Sharp and engrossing' Roxane Gay
As the bookish daughter of a travelling salesman, Jami Attenberg was drawn to the road. Her wanderlust led her to drive solo across America, and eventually on travels around the globe, embracing - for better and worse - all the messy life she encountered along the way. As she travelled she was crafting, grafting and honing her work, piecing together a living and career, and wrestling with a deep longing for independence while also searching for community, and eventually, a place she might want to stay in for good.
This remarkable memoir reveals the defining moments that pushed her to create a life, and voice, she could claim for herself. Exploring themes of friendship, independence, class and drive, I Came All This Way to Meet You is an inspiring and singular story of living the creative life, and finding one's way home.
Rezensionen
<i>I Came All This Way to Meet You</i> gives a generous and captivating glimpse into Jami Attenberg's work, intellect, and heart. A must not just for fans of her fiction but for anyone who wonders: '
<p>Marvellous... I laughed out loud</p>
<i>I Came All This Way to Meet You</i> is a love story; it shows us a way to love art and our lives and our souls...It'
Deeply personal accounts of failure and sadness and how she found her voice as a writer ... Moving
I have always enjoyed [Jami Attenberg's] deceptively simple writing. Actually it's undeceptively simply. She has a voice that doesn'
This stunning work explores home not solely as geographic place, but really a mobile metaphor for the relationships we consistently run to and away from. Jami Attenberg cements her place as one of our greatest, most agile writers.
Jami Attenberg is undoubtedly a writer'
Honest, generous and propulsive. I loved it
Illuminating... made me feel like I'
Comic and very human ... a brilliant reminder that being unsure, leading a messy life and, above all, trusting yourself to get where you need to go, can apply to us all
Whipsmart ... Prepare to be inspired.
<p>A wise and witty glimpse behind the travels and travails of one of our most beloved contemporary novelists ... brims with humor, humility, pathos, and intelligence. I gulped down every page and finished sated, as if I'
Not your average writer'
Kundenbewertungen
the writing life, Caitlin Moran, Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth Day, how to be a writer when you're not rich, sam baker, Julia Cameron, Bernardine Evaristo Manifesto, Pandora Sykes, the year of magical thinking, the artist's way, dolly alderton, giving up the ghost, making art and class, nell frizzell