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| Authors: |
Gary Soto |
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Biography & Autobiography · Literary Criticism |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Persea Books (January 01, 2001)
Measurements: 8"(h) x 8.25"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.6 lbs.
ISBN: 9780892552542 |
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Powerful personal narratives by the renowned author of <I>Living Up the Street.</I> These small essays are not unlike Dutch paintings of the sixteenth century. They are clear and precisely rendered, and are either thematically domestic scenes or pedestrian in their observations of the ordinary. There is a delirious joy in Soto's writings, and heartbreak. This collection features his much-lauded essays "The Jacket" and "Like Mexicans," along with new essays such as "Childhood Worries, or Why I Became a Writer," "Getting It Done," and the title essay in which Soto fashions himself to be Fresno's own Knut Hamsun, the Norwegian writer of the 1920s who lived on nothing more than his five senses. Poet and critic Christopher Buckley said of his poetry, "[Soto has] mastered his form, has found his voice, and has the life experiences to provide meaningful content." He could have been speaking of his prose as well. Soto is at home with the essay; he is able to paint moments that would otherwise seem dull and not wort |
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