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Memoir of No One in Particular : In Which Our Author Indulges in Naive Indiscretions, a Self-Aggrandizing Solipsism and an Off-Putting Infatuation with His Own Bodily Functions by Daniel Harris (2002, Hardcover)
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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465028446
ISBN-139780465028443
eBay Product ID (ePID)1698446
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Book TitleMemoir of No One in Particular : In Which Our Author Indulges in Naive Indiscretions, a Self-Aggrandizing Solipsism and an Off-Putting Infatuation with His Own Bodily Functions
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Essays
Publication Year2002
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
AuthorDaniel Harris
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-052536
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal305.38/9664 B
SynopsisThis unique, quirky book parodies conventional narrative autobiography and asks the question, "Why should we care about anyone's life?", Many complain that the memoir has overtaken the novel and has become too influential in our current literary scene. But no one has actually done anything about it. There have been no satires or parodies of the genre-until now.In A Memoir of No One in Particular, our author approaches his life as if he were a specimen in a biologist's petrie dish. Rather than giving the usual narrative account, No One in Particular tells his own personal history as a gay white male by probing the banalitiesof daily living and the unexplored territory of the commonplace. Dispens-ing with clichéd and romanticized reminiscences, he revels in the minutiae and mundane habits and rituals of modern daily living, and finds his own unique contraption of selfhood amongst this quotidian detritus.Why is he No One in Particular? Although he can hardly claim to be Everyman, this very anonymity sardonically thumbs its literary nose at all those who must tell their unique stories. Equal parts spoof, satire,memoir, essay, literary criticism, and autobiography, this is a radical new book that will dare you to love it., Many complain that the memoir has overtaken the novel and has become too influential in our current literary scene. But no one has actually done anything about it. There have been no satires or parodies of the genre-until now.In A Memoir of No One in Particular, our author approaches his life as if he were a specimen in a biologist's petrie dish. Rather than giving the usual narrative account, No One in Particular tells his own personal history as a gay white male by probing the banalities of daily living and the unexplored territory of the commonplace. Dispens-ing with cliched and romanticized reminiscences, he revels in the minutiae and mundane habits and rituals of modern daily living, and finds his own unique contraption of selfhood amongst this quotidian detritus.Why is he No One in Particular? Although he can hardly claim to be Everyman, this very anonymity sardonically thumbs its literary nose at all those who must tell their unique stories. Equal parts spoof, satire, memoir, essay, literary criticism, and autobiography, this is a radical new book that will dare you to love it.
LC Classification NumberHQ75.8.H37 A3 2002
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