{"product_id":"9781526609113-how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eTIME, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitch, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand iBooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as ‘masterful’ by Roxane Gay, ‘incendiary’ by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and ‘brilliant’ by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. With \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel,\u003c\/i\u003e his first collection of nonfiction, he secures his place as one of the finest essayists of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is the author’s exploration of the entangling of life, literature and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these interconnected essays he constructs a self, growing from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckoning with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a lover and a friend. He examines some of the most formative experiences of his life and America’s history, including his father’s death, the AIDS crisis, 9\/11, the jobs that supported his writing – Tarot-reading, bookselling, cater-waiting for William F. Buckley – the writing of his first novel, \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh,\u003c\/i\u003e and the election of Donald Trump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By turns commanding, heartbreaking and wry, \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944620961889,"sku":"9781526609113","price":10.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_23329017.jpg?v=1714574486","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526609113-how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}