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The Empathy Exams: Essays

The Empathy Exams: Essays

by Leslie Jamison (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of LA. Jamison is interested in how we tell stories about injury and pain, and the limits that circumstances, bodies and identity put on the act of describing.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Granta
Published: 05 Jun 2014
ISBN 10: 1847088392
ISBN 13: 9781847088390
Book Overview: A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent

Author Bio
LESLIE JAMISON grew up in Los Angeles. Educated at Harvard College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has also worked as an innkeeper in California, a schoolteacher in Nicaragua, and an office temp in Manhattan. She is currently studying for a PhD at Yale University, where she is writing a dissertation on poverty and degradation in twentieth century American writing. Her first novel, The Gin Closet, was published in 2010.