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| Author | Annie Dillard |
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| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Publication date | 1987 |
An American Childhood is a 1987 memoir by Annie Dillard, published by Harper & Row.
It describes her childhood in the 1950s and 1960s in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Kirkus Reviews stated that the book is easier for a generalist audience to read compared to Teaching the Stone to Talk.
Reception
Noel Perrin in The New York Times stated that overall the book is "remarkable"; he stated there was "overwriting", and wished that the book had some sort of "plot" instead of solely focusing the narrative on her inner thoughts.
Publishers Weekly described the writing style as "luminous", and that her showing her rememberances with "original immediacy and force" enhances the writing.
Evelyn Small, in Washington Post, stated that with the book, the author "helped usher in the age of memoirs."
References
- "AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD". Kirkus Reviews. 1987-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- Perrin, Noel (1987-09-27). "Her Inexhaustable Mind". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- "An American Childhood". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- Small, Evelyn (2004-08-01). "'An American Childhood' by Annie Dillard". The Washington Post Book Club. pp. BW13. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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