{"product_id":"97196-words-john-lambert-9781250758095","title":"97,196 Words: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the best short work by France's greatest living nonfiction writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one writes nonfiction like Emmanuel Carr re. Although he takes cues from such literary heroes as Truman Capote and Janet Malcolm, Carr re has, over the course of his career, reinvented the form in a search for truth in all its guises. Dispensing with the rules of genre, he takes what he needs from every available form or discipline--be it theology, historiography, fiction, reportage, or memoir--and fuses it under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity, intellect, and wit. With an oeuvre unique in world literature for its blend of empathy and playfulness, Carr re stands as one of our most distinctive and important literary voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Carr re's shorter works to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary essays written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carr re's creative life, this collection shows an exceptional mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, and treating everything from American heroin addicts to the writing of \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, from the philosophy of Philip K. Dick to a single haunting sentence in a minor story by H. P. Lovecraft, from Carr re's own botched interview with Catherine Deneuve to the week he spent following the future French president Emmanuel Macron, \u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e considers the divides between truth, reality, and our shared humanity as it explores remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carr re's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lambert, Emmanuel Carr鑽e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250758092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250758095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"John Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044938838271,"sku":"9781250758095","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcfe5e5f-267c-4ea3-8832-9b29073275e3.jpg?v=1684975801","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/97196-words-john-lambert-9781250758095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}