Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem and Misbehavior (American Lives) - Softcover

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Schrand, Brandon R.

 
9780803243378: Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem and Misbehavior (American Lives)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803243375 ISBN 13: 9780803243378
Verlag: Bison Books, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

“Doing things by the book” acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand’s memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The “works cited” are those books that serve as Schrand’s signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood (with a stop along the way to buy a five-dollar mustard-colored M. C. Hammer suit, so he’ll fit in at college). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn informs his adolescent angst over the perceived injustice of society’s refusal to openly discuss boners. The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for his indulgent and directionless college days spent in a drunken stupor (when he wasn’t feigning interest in Mormonism to attract women). William Kittredge’s Hole in the Sky parallels his own dangerous adulthood slide into alcoholism and denial.

With a finely calibrated wit, a good dose of humility, and a strong supporting cast of literary characters, Schrand manages to chart his own story—about a dreamer thrown out of school as many times as he’s thrown into jail—until he finally sticks his landing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brandon R. Schrand is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Idaho. His book The Enders Hotel: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2007) was a River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize winner and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.

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Verlag
Bison Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803243375
ISBN 13 
9780803243378
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
225
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