| Pieces of the Frame Contributor(s): McPhee, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374514984 ISBN-13: 9780374514983 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1979 Annotation: "Pieces of the Frame "is a gathering of memorable writings by one of the greatest journalists and storytellers of our time. They take the reader from the backwoods roads of Georgia, to the high altitude of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico; from the social decay of Atlantic City, to Scotland, where a pilgrimage for art' s sake leads to a surprising encounter with history on a hilltop with a view of a fifth of the entire country. McPhee' s writing is more than informative; these are stories, artful and full of character, that make compelling reading. They play with and against one another, so that "Pieces of the Frame "is distinguished as much by its unity as by its variety. Subjects familiar to McPhee' s readers-- sports, Scotland, conservation-- are treated here with intimacy and a sense of the writer at work. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 081 |
| LCCN: 75004960 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Pieces of the Frame is a gathering of memorable writings by one of the greatest journalists and storytellers of our time. They take the reader from the backwoods roads of Georgia, to the high altitude of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico; from the social decay of Atlantic City, to Scotland, where a pilgrimage for art's sake leads to a surprising encounter with history on a hilltop with a view of a fifth of the entire country. McPhee's writing is more than informative; these are stories, artful and full of character, that make compelling reading. They play with and against one another, so that Pieces of the Frame is distinguished as much by its unity as by its variety. Subjects familiar to McPhee's readers--sports, Scotland, conservation--are treated here with intimacy and a sense of the writer at work. |
Contributor Bio(s): McPhee, John: - John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written over 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. |
