Gravity Hill - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor Maximilian Werner earned an MFA in poetry from Arizona State University and is the author of the essay collection Black River Dreams and the novel Crooked Creek . His poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared in journals and magazines, including Matter Journal: Edward Abbey Edition , The North American Review , ISLE , Weber Studies , Fly Rod & Reel , and Columbia . He lives in Salt Lake City and teaches writing at the University of Utah. Klappentext "The sound of parenthood is the sigh.” So begins Gravity Hill, written from the perspective of a new father seeking hope, beauty, and meaning in an uncertain world. Many memoirs recount the authors' experiences of growing up and struggling with their demons; Werner's shows how old demons sometimes return on the heels of something as beautiful as children. Zusammenfassung “The sound of parenthood is the sigh.” So begins Gravity Hill, written from the perspective of a new father seeking hope, beauty, and meaning in an uncertain world. Many memoirs recount the authors’ experiences of growing up and struggling with their demons; Werner’s shows how old demons sometimes return on the heels of something as beautiful as children.

Product details

• Authors: Maximilian Werner
• Publisher: The University of Utah Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9781607812425
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-242-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies