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Published by Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. NOW A BROADWAY PLAY STARRING DANIEL RADCLIFFE 'Provocative, maddening and compulsively readable' Maggie Nelson In 2003, American essayist John D'Agata wrote a piece for Harper's about Las Vegas's alarmingly high suicide rate, after a sixteen-year-old boy had thrown himself from the top of the Stratosphere Tower. The article he delivered, 'What Happens There', was rejected by the magazine for inaccuracies. But it was soon picked up by another, who assigned it a fact checker: their fresh-faced intern, and recent Harvard graduate, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment, and beyond the essay's eventual publication in the magazine, was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as D'Agata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction. This book includes an early draft of D'Agata's essay, along with D'Agata and Fingal's extensive discussion around the text. The Lifespan of a Fact is a brilliant and eye-opening meditation on the relationship between 'truth' and 'accuracy', and a penetrating conversation about whether it is appropriate for a writer to substitute one for the other. 'A fascinating and dramatic power struggle over the intriguing question of what nonfiction should, or can, be' Lydia Davis. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by riverrun, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: very good. Used.
Published by riverrun, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Published by riverrun, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by riverrun, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy.
Published by riverrun, 2019
ISBN 10: 1529404622ISBN 13: 9781529404623
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. New.