The art of memoir

Mary Karr First published 2015

About this book

Karr breaks down the key elements of great literary memoir, opening our concepts of memory and identity, and illuminating the cathartic power of reflecting on the past; anybody with an inner life or complicated history, whether writer or reader, will relate.

Subjects

  • authorship
  • autobiography
  • biography as a literary form
  • new york times bestseller
  • new york times reviewed
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2015-10-04