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Bruce duffys novel about rimbaud, disaster was my god band of. Godine reissues bruce duffy s last comes the egg, the 1997 followup to his highly praised debut, the world as i found it, a fictional biography of wittgenstein. The world as i found it by bruce duffy 1997, paperback. See all books authored by bruce duffy, including the world as i found it, and disaster was my god. The title of bruce duffys book suggests the path duffy will take to illustrate the life and times of the intellectually curious ludwig wittgenstein. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives. The above being the epigram of the novel by bruce duffy, named after. Disaster was my god isbn 9780385534369 pdf epub bruce. World of books is one of the largest online sellers of used books in the world. Protagonist frank dougherty reminisces about his 1960s suburban boyhood, including the death of his mother, his fathers subsequent grief, and a rather dramatic act of. Bruce duffy is the author of the the world as i found it, a fictional life of ludwig wittgenstein, and last comes the egg. Stunning, bold first novel very loosely based on the erratic career of austrian philosopher ludwig wittgenstein. There was the written book, and then there was the larger, more ambitious work, which suggested the immensity of all the written book had left out.

The world as i found it by bruce duffy revisited lecture in the spring of 1991 a revealing question for me now is whether i would have written the novel if there would have been the same reason to. Bruce duffy is the author of the autobiographical novel last comes the egg 1997, andto appear june 2011 disaster was my god, a novel based on the life and work of the poet arthur rimbaud. This is duffys first novel, and he is equipped to be a very fine novelist and perhaps more. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring. Joyce carol oates named the world as i found it as one of five great nonfiction. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were. Bruce duffy books list of books by author bruce duffy. Moore, and lytton strachey and the cambridge apostles. He is best known for his novel the world as i found it, a fictionalized account of the life of. An only child raised in a catholic middleclass family in suburban maryland, duffy sees the 1962 death of his motheressentially by medical malpractice as. He is best known for his novel the world as i found it, citation needed a fictionalized account of the life of ludwig wittgenstein, a prominent 20th century philosopher in 1988, duffy won a whiting award and received a guggenheim fellowship. Bruce duffy the story of ludwig wittgensteins career. The world as i found it by bruce duffy, paperback barnes. Bruce duffys dazzling first novel, the world as i found it blends fact and fiction in a story based on the unlikely figure of philosopher ludwig.

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Vicki hearne bruce duffys novel the world as i found it, published in 1987, was one of the more astonishing literary debuts in recent memory. A brilliant group portrait with the vertiginous displacements of twentiethcentury life looming large in the background, duffy. Disaster was my god, by bruce duffy the globe and mail. When bruce duffy s the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell,g. A brilliant group portrait with the vertiginous displacements of twentiethcentury life looming. The author of the critically acclaimed novel the world as i found it brilliantly reimagines the scandalous life of the. The world as i found it by bruce duffy johnshaplin. Bruce duffy the world as i found it saturday, october 16, 2010 6. A novel of the outlaw life of arthur rimbaud, and more on. Bruce duffy the world as i found it politics and prose. In a buoyant style, duffy imagines wittgensteins life as a series of collisions, beginning with his turbulent family life and especially with his arrival at cambridge and his rocky friendships with bertrand russell, g. The author of the critically acclaimed novel the world as i found it brilliantly reimagines the scandalous life of the pioneering, protopunk poet arthur rimbaud. Duffy does not claim the work to be biography, but rather a work of fiction based around events of wittgensteins life. His first novel has just been released in the new york.

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