Shame /
Shame is a daring exploration of the potential and limits of autofiction, wherein certain authentic features of the author's life are written alongside fictitious ones. Here we meet Grant Maierhofer at various points within his life then, now, and in the future as he investigates the sense of s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
FC2, an imprint of the University of Alabama Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | Shame is a daring exploration of the potential and limits of autofiction, wherein certain authentic features of the author's life are written alongside fictitious ones. Here we meet Grant Maierhofer at various points within his life then, now, and in the future as he investigates the sense of shame that haunts the course of his days. The real and unreal, fact and fiction, blur together in a Kaufmanesque sequence of overlapping narratives about of who we really are, how we cope with regret and the repetitions of our behavior. Through lists, fragments, recollections and rants, the story of a son's vexing grief for his father emerges. A sober addict trying to figure out how to navigate pleasure, diversion, and escape. A father trying to figure out marriage, children, maturity and responsibility. A confused observer in a world constantly torn apart by media, politics and aggression. A meditation on the nature of art, and art's place in contemporary life. |
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| Physical Description: | 167 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781573661942 1573661945 |