Getting Personal: Selected EssaysHarper Collins, 2004 M11 3 - 416 páginas From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candor and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends. |
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... living room . It was level with our windows , so the passengers could look in on us , and we at them . Intensely real for a second , these strangers presented their solitude in the dim rushing light , leaving behind a single detail ...
... living room . It was level with our windows , so the passengers could look in on us , and we at them . Intensely real for a second , these strangers presented their solitude in the dim rushing light , leaving behind a single detail ...
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... living with your father is . He doesn't care about anything but the game on the radio and the book in front of his face . He married me because he needed a mother , someone to cook for him and wash his socks . He doesn't lift a finger ...
... living with your father is . He doesn't care about anything but the game on the radio and the book in front of his face . He married me because he needed a mother , someone to cook for him and wash his socks . He doesn't lift a finger ...
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... living room was lit up with the train's lurid glow , like a bonfire . Crackling and flaming , the train pulled out , leaving us again in darkness . Leah was crying hysterically . Molly and I tried to do something to comfort her . " It's ...
... living room was lit up with the train's lurid glow , like a bonfire . Crackling and flaming , the train pulled out , leaving us again in darkness . Leah was crying hysterically . Molly and I tried to do something to comfort her . " It's ...
Contenido
XXIV | 167 |
XXV | 187 |
XXVI | 218 |
XXVIII | 259 |
XXIX | 261 |
XXX | 278 |
XXXII | 286 |
XXXIII | 300 |
XII | 89 |
XIII | 93 |
XIV | 117 |
XVI | 128 |
XVII | 131 |
XVIII | 140 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 157 |
XXIII | 165 |
XXXV | 309 |
XXXVI | 314 |
XXXVIII | 323 |
XXXIX | 325 |
XL | 333 |
XLI | 337 |
XLII | 356 |
XLIII | 395 |
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