The Factory of Facts: The Factory of Facts: A Memoir - Paperback
by Lucy Sante
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Lucy SanteSeries:Vintage DeparturesPublish date:1999-03-30Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679746508ISBN-10:679746501UPC:9780679746508Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Artists, Architects, Photographers, MemoirsSize:8.72 x 6.04 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC87X8S8KA
The acclaimed author of Low Life reinvents the memoir in a cunning, lyrical book that is at once a personal history and a meditation on the construction of identity. Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey, Lucy Sante transformed herself from a pious, timid Belgian child into a boisterous American adolescent, who eschewed French while fantasizing about the pop star Françoise Hardy. To show how this transformation came about--and why it remained incomplete--The Factory of Facts combines family anecdote and ancestral legend; detailed forays into Belgian history, language, and religion; and deft synopses of the American character.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780679746508ISBN-10:679746501UPC:9780679746508Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Artists, Architects, Photographers, MemoirsSize:8.72 x 6.04 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC87X8S8KA
Lucy Sante is the author of Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York and Evidence. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, a book critic for New York magazine, and a senior contributor to Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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