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Lives of the Poets : A Novella and Six Stories
Lives of the Poets A Novella and Six Stories Author:E. L. Doctorow Jonathan is the writer in the family -- the one who has always managed to overcome any crisis with his pen. But then at the peak of his fame and fortune, Jonathan's world starts coming apart. He walks out on his wife, moves into a Manhattan loft, and wonders where it's all gone wrong. So he goes back through his life, reinventing his wor... more »ld through his writer's imagination ... discovering the truths that can save him -- or destroy him.
A son is set the task of concealing his father's death; a drowned child is callously handled by rescuers; a lonely schoolteacher is shot by a hunter; a boy witnesses his mother's act of infidelity; a car explosion kills a foreign schoolgirl; and the middle-aged author of these tales depicts his own consciousness. In a perceptive work about a writer of stories, acclaimed author E.L. Doctorow opens to the reader the creative imagination of a writer.
Chosen by The New York Times as one of the 10 best works of fiction for 1984.« less