This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder." In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
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Author: Mann, Sally
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 787721841708
Details:
Author: Mann, Sally
Brand: Little, Brown and Company
Edition: First Edition
Features:
- Memoir, Photography
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Picture Book
Number Of Pages: 496
Release Date: 12-05-2015
Part Number: 9780316247764
Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780316247764
