A story of artistic ambition, personal crisis, and the possibilities and failures of literature, Drifts is the work of an exhilarating and vital writer. Haunting and compulsively readable, Drifts is an intimate portrait of reading, writing, and creative obsession. At work on a novel that is overdue, spending long days walking neighborhood streets with her restless terrier, corresponding ardently with fellow writers, the narrator . · DRIFTS. by Kate Zambreno ‧ RELEASE DATE: . A free-spirited, essayistic novel exploring the complex links among art, parenthood, and making a living. If this foray into autofiction by Zambreno (Screen Tests, , etc.) initially feels aimless, that’s by design. Trying to make ends meet as a writer and teacher in New York, the unnamed narrator is struggling to complete a book Author: Mark Athitakis. · An excerpt from “Drifts,” by Kate Zambreno. [ Return to the review of “Drifts.”. Fragile Fritz. Nietzsche’s nickname. I tried to pet him www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.
"[Drifts] captures the fitful stops, starts, shame, joy, and boredom that go into creating a work of art." — The Paris Review "Full of wit and candor." — Catherine Lacey, The New York Times Book Review "Mesmerizing Zambreno's persona on the page is a tracker of moods and feelings that resist being stuffed and mounted with. Zambreno's immersive, exciting experiment in autofiction (after Book of Mutter) features a writer setting out to write a book called Drifts. The narrator, beholden to a contract, des. Praise for Drifts: "[Drifts] captures the fitful stops, starts, shame, joy, and boredom that go into creating a work of art."—The Paris Review "Full of wit and candor." —Catherine Lacey, The New York Times Book Review "Mesmerizing Zambreno's persona on the page is a tracker of moods and feelings that resist being stuffed and mounted with words.".
With the melancholic splendor of its prose, Drifts is the perfect book for the moment we’re living in.” —The Boston Globe “Zambreno’s charm and wit dance off the page Intimate, fiercely intelligent, and reliably provocative, Drifts is Zambreno at her best.” —Kristen Iversen, Refinery Kate Zambreno News; Books. To Write As If Already Dead; Drifts; Screen Tests; Appendix Project. A story of artistic ambition, personal crisis, and the possibilities and failures of literature, Drifts is the work of an exhilarating and vital writer. Haunting and compulsively readable, Drifts is an intimate portrait of reading, writing, and creative obsession. At work on a novel that is overdue, spending long days walking neighborhood streets with her restless terrier, corresponding ardently with fellow writers, the narrator grows obsessed with the challenge of writing the present tense.
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