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Sto caricando le informazioni... It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure (edizione 2010)di Larry Smith (Autore)
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"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared. Be warned, though. If you plan to lend out your copy, start out with two. Once it leaves your hands you'll never see it again." --Denver Post (on Not Quite What I Was Planning) The editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning are back with its much-anticipated sequel, It All Changed in an Instant. With contributions from acclaimed authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Frank McCourt, Wally Lamb, Isabel Allende, Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, and James Frey, and celebrities like Sarah Silverman, Suze Orman, Marlee Matlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Ann Coulter, and Chelsea Handler, It All Changed in an Instant presents a thousand more glimpses of humanity. . . six words at a time. In the vein of the popular Post Secret books, It All Changed in an Instant, in the words of Vanity Fair, "will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists." Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Everything is edited by SMITH magazine, who started this idea of six-word memoirs. The editing is quite clever at times, so that one page will contain two complementary or contradictory memoirs, such as, "Dad died. Mum died. I'm next." as the only memoir on a page with "Mom's dead. Dad's dead. I'm free."
Speaking of clever, many of the memoirs are, with puns or ironic comedy. Others are deeply serious and touch on tough subjects like cancer and suicide. Still others are very fluffy, and many comment on how much sex the author did or did not have. A few submitters include photographs or illustrations with their memoirs.
The book ends more information about certain entrants' lives with a paragraph or so providing for each featured. In some cases this is helpful to clarify, but I still found some of the non-famous entries to be a little perplexing because six words wasn't enough to explain. Having an extra mini-biography of folks like The Amazing Kreskin or Bob Barker also seemed a bit unnecessary because readers will know who they are.
For whatever reason, I didn't enjoy this book quite as much as the previous one; maybe it's because a one-trick pony isn't as exciting once you've seen the one trick already. ( )