The Trip to Echo Spring by Olivia Laing
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.
One of the best books I've read about the creative uses of adversity: frightening but perversely inspiring -- HILARY MANTEL
A work of art, with a voice and a mood all its own* * Nick Hornby * *
Original, brave and very moving . . . Her insights shine with beauty yet are shaded by sympathy and compassion * * Observer * *
A terrific writer * * The Times * *
Full of insight, compassion and unexpected beauty * * Guardian * *
Haunting . . . a moving, troubling, gorgeously written book * * Independent on Sunday, Paperbacks of the Year * *
Beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original -- JOHN CAREY * * The Sunday Times * *
Beguiling and incisive * * New York Times * *
Laing's prose is lucid and exuberant * * Financial Times * *
Laing is a brilliant wordsmith and this is a beautifully accomplished book * * Independent * *
A work of art, with a voice and a mood all its own* * Nick Hornby * *
Original, brave and very moving . . . Her insights shine with beauty yet are shaded by sympathy and compassion * * Observer * *
A terrific writer * * The Times * *
Full of insight, compassion and unexpected beauty * * Guardian * *
Haunting . . . a moving, troubling, gorgeously written book * * Independent on Sunday, Paperbacks of the Year * *
Beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original -- JOHN CAREY * * The Sunday Times * *
Beguiling and incisive * * New York Times * *
Laing's prose is lucid and exuberant * * Financial Times * *
Laing is a brilliant wordsmith and this is a beautifully accomplished book * * Independent * *
Olivia Laing is an internationally acclaimed writer and critic. They're the author of eight books, including Funny Weather, Everybody and the Sunday Times number one bestseller The Garden Against Time. Laing's first novel, Crudo, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and in 2018 they were awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction. They're an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts and their books have been translated into twenty-one languages. Their latest novel is The Silver Book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786891600 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786891603 |
| Title | The Trip to Echo Spring |
| Author | Olivia Laing |
| Series | Canons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Costa Biography Award 2013 (UK), Short-listed for Transmission Prize 2014 (UK), Short-listed for Gordon Burn Prize 2014 (UK) |
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