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True Tales of American Life

True Tales of American Life

Chosen by Paul Auster out of 4000 stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide an illuminating portrait of America in the 20th century. The selection requirement of the stories was that they should be true and not previously published.
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The requirement for selection was that each of the stories should be true, and each of the writers should not have been previously published. The collection that has emerged provides a richly varied and authentic voice for the American people, whose lives, loves, griefs, regrets, joys and sense of humour are vividly and honestly recounted throughout, and adeptly organised by Auster into themed sections. The section composed of war stories stretches as far back as the Civil War, still the defining moment in American history; while the sequence of 'Meditations' concludes the volume with a true and abiding sense of transcendence.

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Title - True Tales of American Life

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ISBN 13 - 9780571210503

Imprint - Faber & Faber

Publisher - Faber & Faber

Date Published - 05/11/2001

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 156 x 234 x mm

Weight - 766 g

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