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Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress.

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Delbanco has a fine intellect and a sharp pen, and he wields both with precision... The essays contain gems of wisdom and lovely turns of phrase. -- Helen Fremont Harvard Review #21, Fall 2001 Engaging... [The Lost Suitcaseis] distinguished by its technical virtuosity, self-reflexive perspective and an improvisational modus operandi. -- Andy Brumer The New York Times Book Review The lesson in the multiplying possibilities of fiction and the endless process of producing drafts is a useful one. Publisher's Weekly

Table of Contents
1. Travel, Art, and Death 2. Judgment 3. Rumford: His Book 4. Telephone 5. The Lost Suitcase: A Novella 6. Letter to a Young Fiction Writer 7. A Prayer for the Daughters 8. Less and More 9. Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

The Lost Suitcase Reflections on the Literary

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 20/08/2001
      ISBN13: 9780231115438, 978-0231115438
      ISBN10: 0231115431
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress.

      Trade Review
      Delbanco has a fine intellect and a sharp pen, and he wields both with precision... The essays contain gems of wisdom and lovely turns of phrase. -- Helen Fremont Harvard Review #21, Fall 2001 Engaging... [The Lost Suitcaseis] distinguished by its technical virtuosity, self-reflexive perspective and an improvisational modus operandi. -- Andy Brumer The New York Times Book Review The lesson in the multiplying possibilities of fiction and the endless process of producing drafts is a useful one. Publisher's Weekly

      Table of Contents
      1. Travel, Art, and Death 2. Judgment 3. Rumford: His Book 4. Telephone 5. The Lost Suitcase: A Novella 6. Letter to a Young Fiction Writer 7. A Prayer for the Daughters 8. Less and More 9. Scribble, Scribble, Scribble

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