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Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers
by
Carson McCullers
,
Carlos Dews
,
Carlos L. Dews
(Goodreads Author)
More than thirty years after it was written, the autobiography of Carson McCullers,
Illumination and Night Glare
, will be published for the first time. McCullers, one of the most gifted writers of her generation—the author of
Member of the Wedding, Reflections in a Golden Eye,
and
The Ballad of Sad Cafe
—died of a stroke at the age of fifty before finishing this, her last m
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Paperback
,
256 pages
Published
December 5th 2001
by University of Wisconsin Press
(first published 1999)
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Vorangestellt ist Carson McCullers Autobiographie eine Einleitung vom Herausgeber, Carlos L. Dews. Diese vermittelt, wenn auch nicht unbedingt inspirierend geschrieben, einen ersten zusammenhängenden Überblick über McCullers Leben, was hilfreich ist, da McCullers bei ihrer Autobiographie weder um Vollständigkeit noch um chronologische Abläufe bemüht ist.
Warum in der deutschen Ausgabe der Apparat der von der Autorin überarbeiteten Stellen nicht abgedruckt wurde, der in der Originalausgabe vorhand ...more
Warum in der deutschen Ausgabe der Apparat der von der Autorin überarbeiteten Stellen nicht abgedruckt wurde, der in der Originalausgabe vorhand ...more
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After reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter recently, I wanted to know more about Carson McCullers. This is one book I got - the unfinished autobiography.
McCullers was fifty years old and bedridden when she started this. At times it was very difficult to do - she had to dictate to others, and even speaking was not always easy. Since having rheumatic fever as a child, she had several strokes throughout her life, c ...more
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After reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter recently, I wanted to know more about Carson McCullers. This is one book I got - the unfinished autobiography.
McCullers was fifty years old and bedridden when she started this. At times it was very difficult to do - she had to dictate to others, and even speaking was not always easy. Since having rheumatic fever as a child, she had several strokes throughout her life, c ...more
Nur was für ganz harte Fans. Keine Ahnung, ob die Übersetzung derart schlecht ist oder McCullers nicht mehr genug Zeit hatte, um dem Text irgendeinen Schliff zu geben; im Grunde ist es eine Aufzählung von "been there, done that". Ihr Anspruch, dem Leser zu zeigen, wie es ist, schlagartig berühmt zu werden, wird sie nie gerecht. Es wirkt alles ein wenig verzweifelt; sie beschreibt die Tragödien ihrer Ehe, die Zerstörung ihrer Gesundheit im Ton einer Cocktailparty-Konversation. Von dem Schwindel,
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This is not a great autobiography in the traditional sense, but it offers a truly compelling glimpse into how McCullers wanted others to see her. The editors have done a fine job of laying out the specific lapses and questions inherent in any unfinished manuscript, and the text becomes as interesting for what is written as for what feels purposefully left out. If you love McCullers and her work (and I do), this feels as close as possible to having her talk right to you. She's spinning stories at
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This is not as polished a manuscript as most of McCullers's books, but it is important nonetheless to show her growing as a writer even near the end of her life. Her turn toward memoir was both painful for her and unusual for the time. It was a brave move for her to examine her own often difficult life.
A little complicated to read since it wasn't finished by McCullers herself, but otherwise very engrossing if you are interested in her at all.
I absolutely love Carson McCullers. I was disappointed with the autobiography though, just not as engaging as her novels.
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Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American writer. She wrote fiction, often described as Southern Gothic, that explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South.
From 1935 to 1937 she divided her time, as her studies and health dictated, between Columbus and New York and in September 1937 she married an ex-soldier and aspiring writer, Reeves McCul ...more
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From 1935 to 1937 she divided her time, as her studies and health dictated, between Columbus and New York and in September 1937 she married an ex-soldier and aspiring writer, Reeves McCul ...more
