{"product_id":"literary-life-a-second-memoir-9781439159941","title":"Literary Life: A Second Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Larry McMurtry\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry follows up his memoir \u003ci\u003eBooks \u003c\/i\u003ewith this engrossing and deeply personal reflection on the life of a writer. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLarry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In \u003ci\u003eLiterary Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to\u003ci\u003e Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bestselling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. It is a work to be cherished not only by McMurtry's admirers, but by the innumerable aspiring writers who seek to make their own mark on American literature.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45410869837975,"sku":"9781439159941","price":1151.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781439159941.webp?v=1767313530","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/literary-life-a-second-memoir-9781439159941","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}