Shame and Wonder: Essays

by David Searcy

Book Overview

For fans of John Jeremiah Sullivan, Leslie Jamison, Geoff Dyer, and W. G. Sebald, the twenty-one essays in David Searcy's debut collection are captivating, daring--and completely unlike anything else you've read before. Forging connections between the sublime and the mundane, this is a work of true grace, wisdom, and joy. Expansive in scope but deeply personal in perspective, the pieces in Shame and Wonder are born of a vast, abiding curiosity, one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812993942
• ISBN13: 9780812993943
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"