How Literature Saved My Life by David Shields

How Literature Saved My Life

David Shields

207 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective medium-paced
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Blending confessional criticism and anthropological autobiography, Shields explores the power of literature (from Blaise Pascal’s Pensées to Maggie Nelson’s Bluets, Renata Adler’s Speedboat to Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past) to make life surv...

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