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THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING
ON WRITERS AND DRINKING |
| By: |
Olivia Laing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£8.02 |
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£2.97 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1786891603 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781786891600 |
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Currently 6 available |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
5 October, 2017 |
| Edition: |
Main - Canons Edition |
| Series: |
Canons |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
A captivating exploration of alcoholism and literature by the author of The Lonely City; 'beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original' - Sunday Times |
| Synopsis: |
Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver. From Hemingway's Key West to Williams's New Orleans, Laing pieces together a topographical map of alcoholism, and strips away the tangle of mythology to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Canons |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Costa Prize 2013 (UK)
Short-listed for Transmission Prize (UK).
Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2014 (UK) |
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Returnable |
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