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Wright, Richard Bruce, 1937-
Wright, Richard Bruce, 1937-
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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A life with words : a writer's memoir / Richard B. Wright.
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Wright, Richard Bruce, 1937-
Phyllis Bruce Editions, Simon and Schuster Canada, c2015.
Call #:
921
W9522L
Subjects
Wright, Richard Bruce, 1937-
Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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9781476785349 (hc.)
Description:
ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"From the author of Clara Callan (Winner of the Giller Prize in 2001. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, 2001) comes a beautifully crafted portrait of the writing life. Combining his characteristic wit and self-deprecation with his extraordinary imagination and insight, Richard B. Wright has created a deeply affecting memoir, written in the third person, that reads like a novel. As a small, watchful boy growing up in a working class family in Midland, Ontario, during the Second World War, Wright gradually discovered that he saw the world through different eyes. His intellectual and sexual awakenings, his exploits as a young salesman in Canadian publishing, his painful struggles to become a writer -- all of this is balanced against the extraordinary reception that in the 1970s greeted his first novel, The Weekend Man, which was published to great acclaim. In spite of the sometimes crippling depression that haunted him and the ups and downs of the mid-life writer, he would finally achieve overwhelming success with Clara Callan, the Giller-winning novel that revitalized his career. Behind-the-scenes glimpses of his craft and his exploration of how a writer transmutes experience into art. A thoughtful exploration of the essential role of storytelling in our lives. A celebration of the writing life and a deeply personal invitation into the world of the imagination. Richard B. Wright is the author of twelve novels. His most recent one is Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard. He lives in St. Catharines, Ontario"--Provided by publisher.
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