How I Got On
ISBN-13: 9781066635177
Contributor(s): Richard Ford
Subject: Memoirs
Publisher Imprint: Open Borders Press
Publication Date: 15-04-2027
Format: Hardback
Availability: Not yet published
£11.99
About the book
This book is far more than a mere essay; it is a story of a life, of the writing process, and of a love for words. Through memories, literary influences, and personal encounters, Richard Ford recounts his journey into literature and the texts and ideas that inspired him - from his debut, A Piece of My Heart, to The Sportswriter, which introduced Frank Bascombe, the protagonist of the five books that have been hailed as having 'changed American literature'. Moving beyond a youthful wariness of politics, Ford comes to recognise that every narrative, however private, inevitably possesses a political dimension, as it examines the fraught relationship between the individual and the community. How I Got On represents a concise and compelling statement on the making of a novelist in the contemporary American tradition.