Intimate Stranger
A Writing Book
Published on 28. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-9800330-9-0 (ISBN)
Description
Addressed to a young writer, Intimate Stranger is an eclectic and generous work flowing with insight and wit. Breytenbach's candid and provocative reflections on reading and writing guide without guiding, open mental channels, surprise, and inspire. A stirring glimpse into the mind of an artist, Intimate Stranger is a river of experience and visions, brimming with sleights of tongue and overshifting in mood. This genre-defying gem makes manifest Einstein's assertion: "Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 150 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9800330-9-0 (9780980033090)
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Intimate Stranger
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03/2011
New York Review Books
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Person
An outspoken advocate for social justice, Breyten Breytenbach, is a poet, novelist, memorist, essayist and visual artist. His paintings, drawings, and collages have been exhibited around the world. In 1994 Breytenbach received the Alan Paton Award for Return to Paradise. He won The prestigious Hertzog Prize for Poetry for Papierblom in 1999, and again in 2008 for Die Windvanger (Windcatcher), for which he also received the University of Johannesburg Prize. Breytenbach is the author of A Season in Paradise, The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist, All One Horse, Mouroir, Notes from the Middle World, Dog Heart, The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution, Lady One, and Voice Over: a nomadic conversation with Mahmoud Darwish, among others.