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The Factory of Facts
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The acclaimed author of Low Life reinvents the memoir in a cunning, lyrical book that is at once a personal history and a meditation on the construction of identity.
Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey, Lucy Sante transformed herself from a pious, timid Belgian child into a boisterous American adolescent, who eschewed French while fantasizing about the pop star Françoise Hardy. To show how this transformation came about–and why it remained incomplete–The Factory of Facts combines family anecdote and ancestral legend; detailed forays into Belgian history, language, and religion; and deft synopses of the American character.Sante has a historian’s fiendish taste for information. . . a journalist’s wit, resourcefulness and love of idiosyncracy." –The New York Times Book Review
"Remarkable. . . . Sante makes a reader want to know him." –The Boston GlobeLucy Sante is the author of Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York and Evidence. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, a book critic for New York magazine, and a senior contributor to Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.US
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| Weight | 9.4 oz |
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| Dimensions | 0.7400 × 5.2600 × 7.9700 in |
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| Subjects | autobiography books, american literature, lyrical, ethnicity, autobiographies, family history, literary gifts, east coast, shyness, ancestors, biographies of famous people, memoirs, personal essays, memoir books, biographies and memoirs, literary biographies, poetics, personal history, Francoise Hardy, french speaking, charles burchfield, identity, culture, family, writing, biography, Memoir, music, usa, memory, coming of age, literary, Literature, united states, BIO007000, BIO002000, legends, autobiography, belgium, language, biographies, religious |