An American Childhood
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| Author | Annie Dillard |
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| Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | 1987 |
An American Childhood is a 1987 memoir by Annie Dillard, published by Harper & Row.
It describes her childhood in the 1950s and 1960s in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Kirkus Reviews stated that the book is easier for a generalist audience to read compared to Teaching the Stone to Talk.[1]
Reception
[edit]Noel Perrin in The New York Times stated that overall the book is "remarkable"; he stated there was "overwriting", and wished that the book had some sort of "plot" instead of solely focusing the narrative on her inner thoughts.[2]
Publishers Weekly described the writing style as "luminous", and that her showing her rememberances with "original immediacy and force" enhances the writing.[3]
Evelyn Small, in Washington Post, stated that with the book, the author "helped usher in the age of memoirs."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD". Kirkus Reviews. 1987-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ Perrin, Noel (1987-09-27). "Her Inexhaustable Mind". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "An American Childhood". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ Small, Evelyn (2004-08-01). "'An American Childhood' by Annie Dillard". The Washington Post Book Club. pp. BW13. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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