To Name the Bigger Lie - A Memoir in Two Stories

Part coming-of-age story, part psychological thriller, part philosophical investigation, this unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between truth and deception, fact and fiction, and reality and conspiracy.
 

About the author

Sarah Viren is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of the essay collection, Mine, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. She is also the author of To Name the Bigger Lie, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, she teaches in the creative writing program at Arizona State University.

Summary

Part coming-of-age story, part psychological thriller, part philosophical investigation, this unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between truth and deception, fact and fiction, and reality and conspiracy.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Viren
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2023
• EAN: 9781982166595
• ISBN: 978-1-982166-59-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Memoirs, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: writers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs