Townie - A Memoir

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and everyday violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between town and gown, between the hard drinking, drugging, and fighting of "townies" and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn't have been more stark. In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others-bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.

About the author

Bevor Andre Dubus Schriftsteller wurde, hat er als Privatdetektiv, Bewährungshelfer, Barkeeper, Raumpfleger und Schauspieler gearbeitet. Seine Romane wurden mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, darunter der Pushcart-Prize und der National Magazine Award for Fiction. Andre Dubus lebt in Massachussets.

Summary

"Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness." —Vanity Fair

Product details

• Authors: Andre Dubus, Dubus Andre, Andre Dubus Iii, Andre Dubus III
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9780393340679
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34067-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 316 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, English, Memoirs, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs