The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

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The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

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A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent

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The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of LA. Jamison is interested in how we tell stories about injury and pain, and the limits that circumstances, bodies and identity put on the act of describing.
LESLIE JAMISON grew up in Los Angeles. Educated at Harvard College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has also worked as an innkeeper in California, a schoolteacher in Nicaragua, and an office temp in Manhattan. She is currently studying for a PhD at Yale University, where she is writing a dissertation on poverty and degradation in twentieth century American writing. Her first novel, The Gin Closet, was published in 2010.
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ISBN 13 9781847088390
ISBN 10 1847088392
Title The Empathy Exams
Author Leslie Jamison
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2014-06-05
Number of pages 240
Prizes Short-listed for William Hazzlit Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize 2013 (UK)
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