· By Andre Dubus III (W.W. Norton; pages; $) At age 10, when his parents divorced, Andre Dubus III lost his father. "Townie" summons up the violence born of Author: Dan Cryer. Although the chronology of Dubus's memoir spans his life from young childhood until , Townie opens with a vignette from his adolescence, in which he goes long-distance running with his father. Why does Dubus begin his story with this particular event? Andre Dubus III is the author of Gone So Long, Dirty Love, The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a #1 New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award), and Townie, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and two /5().
'Townie' Read in app. By Andre Dubus Iii. Feb. 22, ; Visits with Pop. On the other side of the river was Bradford. It's where a lot of Jocks at the high school lived, the kids who wore. University of Texas at Austin (B.A.,) Notable works. House of Sand and Fog, Townie: A Memoir. Spouse. Fontaine Dollas Dubus. Website. bltadwin.ru Andre Dubus III (born Septem) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Andre Dubus III, author of the National Book Award-nominated House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days, reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him—until he was saved by writing. After their parents divorced in the s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town.
Townie is the memoir written by American novelist Andre Dubus III. Set in the mill town of Haverhill, Massachusetts during the s, Andre recounts his time growing up and coming of age as the son of acclaimed writer and professor, Andre Dubus II. Describing his formative years as a bullied, impoverished, drug and alcohol addicted teenager heading down a destructive path following his parents’ divorce, Andre ultimately finds refuge in learning how to fight. Townie is a better, harder book than anything the younger Mr. Dubus has yet written; it pays off on every bet that's been placed on him Mr. Dubus's prose is clear, supple, unshowy. He gets a lot across with a few words. Salon - Laura Miller. Books. Townie - A Memoir. Now Available in Hardcover, Paperback and e-book. After their parents divorced in the s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself.
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