The trip to Echo Spring : why writers drink
Laing, Olivia2013
Book
Why is it that some of the greatest works of literature have been produced by writers in the grip of alcoholism, an addiction that cost them personal happiness and caused harm to those who loved them? In 'The Trip to Echo Spring', Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver.
Main title:
The trip to Echo Spring : why writers drink / Olivia Laing.
Author:
Laing, Olivia, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2013.
Collation:
340 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781847677945 (hbk)
Dewey class:
810.9005
Local class:
810.9005 LAI
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1059847