How Literature Saved My Life

Author: David Shields
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ISBN: B00957T76C

How Literature Saved My Life

In this wonderfully intelligent, stunningly honest, and painfully funny book, acclaimed writer David Shields uses himself as a representative for all readers and writers who seek to find salvation in literature. Get How Literature Saved My Life literature books for free.
br />Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, Shields explores the power of literature (from Blaise Pascal's PensAes to Maggie Nelson's Bluets, Renata Adler's Speedboat to Proust's A Remembrance of Things Past) to make life survivable, maybe even endurable. Shields evokes his deeply divided personality (his "ridiculous" ambivalence), his character flaws, his woes, his serious despairs. Books are his life raft, but when they come to feel unlifelike and archaic, he revels in a new kind of art that is based Check How Literature Saved My Life our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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br />Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, Shields explores the power of literature (from Blaise Pascal's PensAes to Maggie Nelson's Bluets, Renata Adler's Speedboat to Proust's A Remembrance of Things Past) to make life survivable, maybe even endurable Books are his life raft, but when they come to feel unlifelike and archaic, he revels in a new kind of art that is based

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