So Many Olympic Exertions by Anelise Chen

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So Many Olympic Exertions by Anelise Chen

Named one of 5 Writers Under 35 by National Book Foundation, 2019 Blending elements of memoir and sports writing, Anelise Chen’s debut novel is an experimental work that perhaps most resembles what the ancient Greeks called hyponemata, or “notes to the self,” in the form of observations, reminders and self-exhortations. Taken together, these notes constitute a personal handbook on “how to live”––or perhaps more urgently “why to live,” a question the narrator, graduate student Athena Chen, desperately needs answering. When Chen hears news that her brilliant friend from college has committed suicide, she is thrown into a fugue of fear and doubt. Through anecdotes and close readings of moments in the sometimes harrowing world of sports, the novel questions the validity of our current narratives of success. Anelise Chen earned her BA in English from UC Berkeley and her MFA in Fiction from NYU. Her fiction, essays and interviews have appeared in The New York Times, Gawker, NPR and elsewhere. She currently teaches writing at Columbia University.

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ISBN 13 9781885030351
ISBN 10 1885030355
Title So Many Olympic Exertions
Author Anelise Chen
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Kaya Press
Year published 2017-08-10
Number of pages 200
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.