The Patch
Author: McPhee, John
ISBN: 9781925773170
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 232mm x 155mm x 27mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
This wide-ranging essay collection serves as a covert memoir of a cult literary figure-New Yorker writer John McPhee
John McPhee's The Patch is just that- patches of work across a writer's lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections and reminiscences.
Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book.
This collection is divided into Part I 'The Sporting Scene' and Part II 'An Album Quilt'. It includes vignettes of his childhood hunting golf balls in the woods, the career and choices of a famous lacrosse coach, Joan Baez's journey into a musical career, his daughter's response to a high-school vocabulary test and his travels across the United States.
John McPhee's singular style keeps each patch fitting comfortably with the next; each text falls seamlessly within the rhyme and rhythm of a larger work. Fit to be consumed all at once, or savoured piecemeal, The Patch gives a full taste of his impeccable power over language.
ISBN: 9781925773170
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 232mm x 155mm x 27mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
This wide-ranging essay collection serves as a covert memoir of a cult literary figure-New Yorker writer John McPhee
John McPhee's The Patch is just that- patches of work across a writer's lifetime that come together to form a quilt of essays, reflections and reminiscences.
Ranging across a variety of genres and styles, subjects and moods, his patches are collected from writings that have not previously appeared in any book.
This collection is divided into Part I 'The Sporting Scene' and Part II 'An Album Quilt'. It includes vignettes of his childhood hunting golf balls in the woods, the career and choices of a famous lacrosse coach, Joan Baez's journey into a musical career, his daughter's response to a high-school vocabulary test and his travels across the United States.
John McPhee's singular style keeps each patch fitting comfortably with the next; each text falls seamlessly within the rhyme and rhythm of a larger work. Fit to be consumed all at once, or savoured piecemeal, The Patch gives a full taste of his impeccable power over language.
