Palimpsest

Palimpsest
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Publisher : Penguin Books
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9780140260892
ISBN-13 : 0140260897
Rating : 4/5 (897 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Palimpsest by : Gore Vidal

Download or read book Palimpsest written by Gore Vidal and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gore Vidal refers to this memoir of his first 39 years as a "palimpsest", pointing out how remembrances are shaped and reshaped with time. From the vantage point of his villa on the Italian coast, Vidal tells of his life as a novelist and dramatist, politician and critic, and discusses the figures he has known, including the Kennedys, Tennessee Williams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack Kerouac, Amelia Earhart, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Woven throughout are meditations on writing, history, acting, politics, and love. 91 photos.


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