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Patch

By John Mcphee

Patch Contemporary literature

Patch

By John Mcphee

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The Patch is the seventh collection of essays by the nonfiction master, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It is divided into two parts. Part 1, "The Sporting Scene," consists of pieces on fishing, football, golf, and lacrosse--from fly casting for chain pickerel in fall in New Hampshire to walking the linksland of St. Andrews at an Open Championship. Part 2, called "An Album Quilt," is a montage of fragments of varying length from pieces done across the years that have never appeared in book form--occasional pieces, memorial pieces, reflections, reminiscences, and short items in various magazines including The New Yorker. They range from a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory to encounters with Oscar Hammerstein, Joan Baez, and Mount Denali. Emphatically, the author's purpose was not merely to preserve things but to choose passages that might entertain contemporary readers. Starting with 250,000 words, he gradually threw out 75 percent of them, and randomly assembled the remaining fragments into "an album quilt." Among other things, The Patch is a covert memoir.
Product details
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2018-11-13
Publication Date:
2018-11-13
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0374229481
ISBN13:
9780374229481
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
378 g
Height:
218 cm
Width:
147 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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