by Jack Kerouac (2012)
« «Eh bien, l'heure avait pour moi sonné d'incarner le marin ivre sur le front de mer, ou le vagabond sur la route, tout en continuant à étudier et à écrire dans la solitude. Je n'avais rien appris à l'université qui puisse m'aider à devenir un écrivain, et je ne pouvais apprendre mon métier ailleurs que dans mon propre esprit et par mes propres expériences.» Paru en 1968, Vanité de Duluoz est le dernier livre de Jack Kerouac. Mêlant passé et présent, autobiographie et fiction, l'auteur y retrace son adolescence, de ses années de lycée aux débuts du mouvement beat, en passant par la Seconde Guerre mondiale et un voyage épique vers le Groenland. »--
Fay Cunningham
When Amy agrees to help famous cosmetic surgeon Ethan Stopes write his memoirs, she is expecting a few quiet days in the country. Instead she spends an eventful Christmas trapped in a lonely manor with Ethan, his ex-wife, and his two children - and falls in love ... Amy discovers Ethan's secret, and passions flare as the snow deepens. Somehow, she must help the enigmatic surgeon finish his book before it is too late ...
Julia DeVillers
A young woman accidentally turns in a private story from her journal instead of an English assignment and becomes a best-selling author almost overnight.
Richard Rhodes
Uniquely fusing practical advice on writing with his own insights into the craft, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes constructs beautiful prose about the issues would-be writers are most afraid to articulate: How do I dare write? Where do I begin? What do I do with this story I have to tell that fills and breaks my heart? Rich with personal vignettes about Rhode's sources of inspiration, How to Write is also a memoir of one of the most original and celebrated writers of our day.
Dominika Dery
Equal parts testimony to the struggles of a bygone era and a love letter to a bright-eyed childhood that no outside force could dim, this is Dominika Dery's acclaimed memoir of Communist-era Czechoslovakia.