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Double Vision: A Novel
University of Alabama Press, 2007 eISBN: 978-0-8173-8187-5 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5468-8 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-1428-6 Library of Congress Classification PS3557.A72D685 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A shotgun marriage of fact and fiction by one of the most highly regarded writers and teachers of our time A writer named George Garrett, suffering from double vision as a result of a neurological disorder, is asked to review a recent, first biography of the late Peter Taylor, a renowned writer who has been his long-time friend and neighbor in Charlottesville. Reflecting on their relationship, Garrett conceives of a character—not unlike himself—a writer in his early 70s, ill and suffering from double vision, named Frank Toomer. He gives Toomer a neighbor, a distinguished short story writer named Aubrey Carver. See other books on: Authors | Biographers | Biography as a literary form | College teachers | Garrett, George See other titles from University of Alabama Press |
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Double Vision: A Novel
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Alabama Press, 2007
eISBN: 978-0-8173-8187-5
Paper: 978-0-8173-5468-8
Cloth: 978-0-8173-1428-6
eISBN: 978-0-8173-8187-5
Paper: 978-0-8173-5468-8
Cloth: 978-0-8173-1428-6
A shotgun marriage of fact and fiction by one of the most highly regarded writers and teachers of our time
A writer named George Garrett, suffering from double vision as a result of a neurological disorder, is asked to review a recent, first biography of the late Peter Taylor, a renowned writer who has been his long-time friend and neighbor in Charlottesville. Reflecting on their relationship, Garrett conceives of a character—not unlike himself—a writer in his early 70s, ill and suffering from double vision, named Frank Toomer. He gives Toomer a neighbor, a distinguished short story writer named Aubrey Carver.
As the real George Garrett and Peter Taylor are replaced by two very different and imaginary writers, the story becomes a wise and insightful exploration of American literary life, the art of biography, the comical rivalries among writers and academics, notions of success, and the knotty relationship of art to life, fact to fiction, and life to death. Double Vision is a witty tour de force and an elegy for a gifted generation of writers.
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