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Alphabetical Diaries
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Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. In the vein of Joe Brainard's I Remember and Edouard Leve's Autoportrait, these are the alphabetical diaries. Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, Alphabetical Diaries offers...
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Description
Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. In the vein of Joe Brainard's I Remember and Edouard Leve's Autoportrait, these are the alphabetical diaries.
Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, Alphabetical Diaries offers a unique and introspective glimpse into the author's mind.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804270776
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 125.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 168
About the Author
Sheila Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novelsΒ Pure Colour,Β Motherhood, andΒ How Should a Person Be?, whichΒ New YorkΒ magazine deemed one of the New Classics of the twenty-first century. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. She lives in Toronto, Canada.Β Alphabetical DiariesΒ is her first book with Fitzcarraldo Editions.Β
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