![]() His discourses inevitably come to rest, as his life apparently has, on the matter of love, which he searches out in many guises, finds, loses, then finds again. A consideration of Paris, for example, covers not only the years White spent there, writing and knowing the city’s writers, but embraces as well topics including French lessons at a Midwestern prep school and American notions of Parisians. White divides the book into fundamental subjects (My Mother, My Father, My Europe, My Friends, etc.), and his text moves in broad swoops. But now he directly addresses his own story, inviting readers in a friendly, deceptively casual voice to follow him on a ramble through 65 years of life. Whether in fiction or nonfiction, White has essentially been writing about his life for years he even identifies here the real-life inspirations for some of his fictional characters. ![]() The prolific novelist, memoirist and biographer ( The Married Man, 2000, etc.) journeys through a lifetime of family, friends, lovers, work and play-at home and abroad. ![]()
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