An American Childhood
- 8 Apr 2027
- 9781837266876
- £11.99
- 272 pp
- 129×198mm
- 7 Apr 2016
- 9781782117766
- £7.99
- 272 pp
In a few words
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s breathtaking childhood memoir that illuminates how one of America’s greatest literary minds was formed, published in print for the first time in the UK
In a few words
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s breathtaking childhood memoir that illuminates how one of America’s greatest literary minds was formed, published in print for the first time in the UK
Dillard’s style is spirited and gale-force . . . Opening a book by her can feel like drawing up a chair next to her at a bar
Robert Macfarlane
Annie Dillard invariably sees something beyond what is just there. She is a stunning observer. A remarkable work . . . Exceptional
Dillard’s style is spirited and gale-force . . . Opening a book by her can feel like drawing up a chair next to her at a bar
Robert Macfarlane
Annie Dillard invariably sees something beyond what is just there. She is a stunning observer. A remarkable work . . . Exceptional
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‘One of the most prominent non-fiction writers of her generation’ GUARDIAN
This is the electrifying memoir of the wide-eyed and unconventional upbringing that influenced the lifetime love of nature and the stunning writing career of Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard. From her mother’s boundless energy to her father’s low-budget horror movies, jokes and lonesome river trips down to New Orleans to get away, the events of Dillard’s 1950s Pittsburgh childhood loom larger than life.
An American Childhood fizzes with the playful observations and sparkling prose of this American master, illuminating the seemingly ordinary and yet always thrilling, dizzying moments of a childhood and adolescence lived fearlessly.
More about
the book
‘One of the most prominent non-fiction writers of her generation’ GUARDIAN
This is the electrifying memoir of the wide-eyed and unconventional upbringing that influenced the lifetime love of nature and the stunning writing career of Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard. From her mother’s boundless energy to her father’s low-budget horror movies, jokes and lonesome river trips down to New Orleans to get away, the events of Dillard’s 1950s Pittsburgh childhood loom larger than life.
An American Childhood fizzes with the playful observations and sparkling prose of this American master, illuminating the seemingly ordinary and yet always thrilling, dizzying moments of a childhood and adolescence lived fearlessly.
Annie Dillard is among the greatest nature writers who have ever lived. Keen, urgent and impassioned, her subject is life itself, in all its teeming and marvellous forms
Olivia Laing
Loving and lyrical, nostalgic without being wistful, this is a book about the capacity for joy
Dillard opens our eyes to the world and to new ways of articulating what we see
Geoff Dyer
Annie Dillard’s words are the outpouring of a brilliant mind tempered by a pleading heart
John Lister-kaye
Annie Dillard is among the greatest nature writers who have ever lived. Keen, urgent and impassioned, her subject is life itself, in all its teeming and marvellous forms
Olivia Laing
Loving and lyrical, nostalgic without being wistful, this is a book about the capacity for joy
Dillard opens our eyes to the world and to new ways of articulating what we see
Geoff Dyer
Annie Dillard’s words are the outpouring of a brilliant mind tempered by a pleading heart
John Lister-kaye
Annie Dillard
View profileAnnie Dillard (1945-2026) was born in Pennsylvania. She was a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience.
Annie Dillard
View profileAnnie Dillard (1945-2026) was born in Pennsylvania. She was a much-celebrated poet, novelist and essayist and author of thirteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She was a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and received fellowship grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was awarded the 2014 National Humanities Medal for her work deepening the understanding of the human experience.
