Beschreibung:
From Old Notebooksbegins as simply a writers list of ideasideas for stories, films, novels, essaysbut soon the writers attention turns toward meditations on family, fear of death, literary fame, drug use, teaching, terrorism, pornography, and the weather. The books seemingly disparate concerns coalesce to depict a writer writing his way through life and his first book at one and the same time.
From Old Notebooks begins as simply a writer’s list of ideas—ideas for stories, films, novels, essays—but soon the writer’s attention turns toward meditations on family, fear of death, literary fame, drug use, teaching, terrorism, pornography, and the weather. The book’s seemingly disparate concerns coalesce to depict a writer writing his way through life and his first book at one and the same time.