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Jim Harrison

Off to the Side : A Memoir Paperback Book

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At a Glance
Inspiring coming-of-age memoir
Insights into literary world
Poignant Depression-era narrative
Compelling autobiographical storytelling
Intimate look at writer's life
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Selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Off to the Side is the tale of one of Americas most beloved writers. Jim Harrison traces his upbringing in Michigan amid the austerities of the Depression and the Second World War, and the seemingly greater austerities of his starchy Swedish forebears. He chronicles his comingofage, from a boy drunk with books to a young man making his way among fellow writers he deeply admires &#151 including Peter Matthiessen, Robert Lowell, W.H. Auden, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and Allen Ginsberg. Harrison discusses forthrightly the lifechanging experience of becoming a father, and the minor cognitive dissonance that ensued when this boy from the "heartland" somehow ended up a highly paid Hollywood screenwriter. He gives free rein to his "seven obsessions" &#151 alcohol, food, stripping, hunting and fishing (and the dogs who have accompanied him in both), religion, the road, and our place in the natural world &#151 which he elucidates with earthy wisdom and an elegant sense of connectedness. Off to the Side is a work of great beauty and importance, a triumphant achievement that captures the writing life and brings all of us clues for living.

SKU: M9780802140302
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Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.; Classification: BG; Weight: 532 g; Dimensions: 211 x 140 x 25

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