Several of slaters books deal with mental health issues and are somewhat autobiographical in nature. Or lauren slater doesnt have epilepsy, but epilepsy is. Throughout the memoir slater discusses her childhood, and her struggle with epilepsy. The beauty of lauren slaters prose is shocking, said newsday about welcome to my country, and now, in this powerful and provocative new book, slater brilliantly explores a mind, a body, and a life under siege. This book is concerned with what slater calls narrative truth, as opposed to historical truth, and as such, neither fiction nor quite nonfiction, is both disconcerting, even annoying, and illuminating. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater in chm, djvu, epub download e book. Plus easytounderstand solutions written by experts for thousands of other textbooks. In this powerful and provocative new memoir, awardwinning author lauren slater forces readers to redraw the boundary between what we know as fact and what we believe through the creation of our own personal fictions. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater librarything. A metaphorical memoir is a frustrating yet beautifully written book.
A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever possible to tellor to. Lauren slater born march 21, 1963 is an american psychotherapist and writer. Title summary field provided by blackwell north america, inc. A metaphorical memoir is a 2001 book by lauren slater. She has received numerous awards, including a 2004 national endowment for the arts award, multiple inclusions in more about lauren slater. Lauren slater s book, lying, may very well be a work of genius. Everyone knows that a lot of memoirs have madeup scenes. The idea of the story potentially being false is first presented in the introduction, which is written by a fictional psychologist. Lauren slater, lying random house, 2000 i picked up lauren slaters first book, welcome to my country, on a whim in 1997, and instantly fell in love with slaters impeccable prose. During adolescence, lauren begins lying, stealing, and faking seizures to get attention. A metaphorical memoir kindle edition by lauren slater. I really enjoyed reading lauren slaters lying because of the range of experimentation within the text.
A metaphorical memoir was published in 2001 by psychologist and writer lauren slater. Her first seizure was when she was ten, and from there she grew into a disease she both loved and hated. A psychologist and writer, slater is the author of five books of nonfiction. A psychologist and writer, lauren slater is the author of five books of.
Slater herself isnt always sure which of her memories are true and which are vivid but invented. J li u s o tind ia psychologist lauren slaters autobiography, lying, sidesteps the truth and insists on the legitimacy of metaphor. The first chapter of this memoir consists of two words. A 1999 national magazine award nominee, lauren slater has a masters degree in psychology from harvard university and a doctorate from boston university. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story. A metaphorical memoir in a memoir which refuses to be pinned down, lauren slater attempts to explain her mother and her past through events which may or may not be true. Diagnosed as a child with a strange illness, brought up in a family given to fantasy. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever possible to tellor to know. Anyone trying to understand his or her own complex behavior, or such behavior of a friend or loved one, will be engaged, encouraged, embraced by this book.
Great psychological experiments of the twentieth century, a description of psychology experiments narrated as stories, has drawn both praise. A postmodern book that challenges our understanding of truth, says the san francisco chronicle. It is important to keep this in mind while reading the book. The problem i often have with memoir is the tendency some writers have to be overly poignant and important about their life stories. Lying ebook by lauren slater 9780307830166 rakuten kobo.
A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater 2001, paperback, reprint at the best online prices at ebay. If only all liars were this brutally honest lauren. A metaphorical memoir, love works like this, and opening. Lauren slater is trying to challenge the readers concepts of reality and truth in her book lying. That she related case studies without descending into the smarmy selfhelp realm of. If a metaphor substitutes one thing for another to which its not. Slaters autobiogra sidesteps the truth and insists on the l metaphor. As public awareness of antidepressant medication surged in the 1990s, lauren slaters prozac diary became the quintessential autopathography, documenting her life with major depression and her dramatic cure with the wonderdrug prozac. Her work was chosen for the best american essaysmost notable essays volumes of 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
The book presents a number of avenues for discussing plagiarism, privacy and honesty. Diagnosed as a child with a strange illness, brought up in a family given to fantasy and ambition, lauren slater developed seizures. A metaphorical memoir, opening skinners box, and blue beyond blue, a collection of short stories. Lying by lauren slater overdrive rakuten overdrive. Slater herself suffers from mental illness, as chronicled in several other of her books such as, more recently, prozac diary, published in 2011.
Her previous book, lying, was chosen by entertainment weekly as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2000. One has good reason to be suspicious of a book that calls itself a metaphorical memoir. My life with animals beacon press, 2012 and playing house. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever. Slater herself suffers from mental illness, as chronicled in several other of her books such as, more recently, prozac diary. Its also a tricky book, difficult to pigeonhole memoir. The metaphorical memoir that she attempts is a refutation of literalminded storytelling, as well as a response to the exaggerations that color many memoirs anyhow. It is beautifully written and existentially profound. Lauren slaters latest book questions the traditional boundaries of a nonfiction memoir. Slater insists that her book be characterized as a nonfiction memoir, despite that fact that she freely admits that her account of her epilepsy is factual, symbolic, real, and fantastical all at once. In this powerful and provocative new memoir, awardwinning author lauren sla. Lauren slater audio books, best sellers, author bio.
A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater books library. A psychologist and writer, lauren slater is the author of five books of nonfiction and two memoirs, as well as a collection of short stories. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book is concerned with what slater calls narrative truth, as opposed to. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater 9780142000069. Diagnosed as a child with a strange illness, brought up in a family given to fantasy and ambition, lauren slater developed seizures, auras, neurological disturbancesand an ability.
Lauren slaters book, lying, may very well be a work of genius. The book presents a number for discussing plagiarism, privacy and. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater random house. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever possible to tellor to knowthe facts about a self, a human being, a life. She is the author of nine books, including welcome to my country 1996, prozac diary 1998, and lying. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. A metaphorical memoir, lauren slater attempts to create a new kind of truth called metaphorical truth. Metaphorical memoir and pathological pathography article pdf available january 2009 with 1,570 reads how we measure reads. She confuses fact and fiction even though it is a memoir and thus creates a convoluted tale of herself where she may or may not be epileptic. A metaphorical memoir has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Her work was chosen for the best american essaysmost notable essays of 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. The beauty of lauren slaters prose is shocking, said newsday about welcome to my country, and now, in this powerful and provocative new.
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