The Lifespan of a Fact by D'Agata, John

The Lifespan of a Fact

How negotiable is a fact? In 2003, after publishing his book of experimental essays, Halls of Fame,...
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The Lifespan of a Fact by D'Agata, John

The Lifespan of a Fact

CHF 24.97

The Lifespan of a Fact

CHF 24.97
Author: John D'Agata
Format: Paperback
Language: English

How negotiable is a fact? In 2003, after publishing his book of experimental essays, Halls of Fame, John D'Agata was approached by Harper's magazine to write an essay for them, one that was eventually rejected due to disagreements related to its fact checking. That essay which eventually became the foundation of D'Agata's critically acclaimed About a Mountain was accepted by another magazine, the Believer, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment, and beyond the essay's eventual publication in the magazine, was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as D'Agata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction.

This book includes an early draft of D'Agata's essay, along with D'Agata and Fingal's extensive discussion around the text. What emerges is a brilliant and eye-opening meditation on the relationship between "truth" and "accuracy" and a penetrating conversation about whether it is appropriate for a writer to substitute one for the other.



Author: John D'Agata, Jim Fingal
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 02/27/2012
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780393340730


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2011
New York Times Book Review 02/26/2012 pg. 1
New York Times Book Review 03/04/2012 pg. 22

About the Author
D'Agata, John: - John D'Agata is the author of About a Mountain, Halls of Fame, and editor of The Next American Essay and The Lost Origins of the Essay. He teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where he lives.Fingal, Jim: - Jim Fingal is now a software engineer and writer in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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