| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
123 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"In 2003, an essay by John D'Agata was rejected by the magazine that commissioned it due to factual inaccuracies. That essay -- which eventually became the foundation of D'Agata's critically acclaimed About a Mountain -- was accepted by another magazine, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as D'Agata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction. 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." -- p. [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
Creative nonfiction -- Authorship.
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Essay -- Authorship.
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| Added Author |
Fingal, Jim.
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| ISBN |
9780393340730 paperback |
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0393340732 paperback |
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