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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101476785341

ISBN-139781476785349

eBay Product ID (ePID)211337119

Product Key Features

Book TitleLife with Words

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicCanadian, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorRichard B. Wright

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.7 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsPRAISE FOR RICHARD B. WRIGHT "Wonderfully subtle . . . inexpressibly precious." - The Globe and Mail "A writer of insatiable curiosity and intelligence . . . A total delight to read." - Toronto Star "Wright is such a lovely writer; his story unfolds and before you know it you're hooked." - The Vancouver Sun "Richard B. Wright is a master storyteller." - The Ottawa Citizen, "A remarkable life told remarkably well. Wright, an excellent novelist, proves to be an excellent memoirist as well. A Life with Words is a moving, highly original and deeply absorbing story." -Robert Fulford, journalist, editor and essayist PRAISE FOR RICHARD B. WRIGHT "Wonderfully subtle . . . inexpressibly precious." - The Globe and Mail "A writer of insatiable curiosity and intelligence . . . A total delight to read." - Toronto Star "Wright is such a lovely writer; his story unfolds and before you know it you're hooked." - The Vancouver Sun "Richard B. Wright is a master storyteller." - The Ottawa Citizen, A remarkable life told remarkably well. Wright, an excellent novelist, proves to be an excellent memoirist as well. A Life with Words is a moving, highly original and deeply absorbing story., "A remarkable life told remarkably well. Wright, an excellent novelist, proves to be an excellent memoirist as well. A Life with Words is a moving, highly original and deeply absorbing story." -Robert Fulford, journalist, editor and essayist PRAISE FOR RICHARD B. WRIGHT "Wonderfully subtle . . . inexpressibly precious." - The Globe and Mail "A writer of insatiable curiosity and intelligence . . . A total delight to read." - Toronto Star "Wright is one of Canada's greatest fiction writers." - The Globe and Mail "Wright is such a lovely writer; his story unfolds and before you know it you're hooked." - The Vancouver Sun "Richard B. Wright is a master storyteller." - The Ottawa Citizen

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal818/.5409

SynopsisFrom the acclaimed writer of the beloved Clara Callan comes a beautifully crafted, charming portrait of the writing life. Combining his characteristic wit and self-deprecation with his extraordinary imagination and insight, Richard B. Wright has created a deeply affecting memoir that reads like a novel. As a small, watchful boy growing up in a working class family in Midland, Ontario, during the Second World War, Wright gradually discovered that he saw the world through different eyes. His intellectual and sexual awakenings, his exploits as a young salesman in Canadian publishing, his painful struggles to become a writer--all of this is balanced against the extraordinary reception that in the 1970s greeted his first novel, The Weekend Man , which was published around the world to great acclaim. In spite of the sometimes crippling depression that haunted him and the ups and downs of the mid-life writer, he would finally achieve overwhelming success with Clara Callan , the Giller-winning work that swept every award in Canada and revitalized his career. Lovers of Wright's work will appreciate behind-the-scenes glimpses of his craft in individual novels and his exploration of how a writer transmutes experience into art. And readers will enjoy his thoughtful exploration of the essential role of storytelling in our lives. A Life with Words is both a celebration of the writing life and a deeply personal--at times revelatory--invitation into the world of the imagination.