Sentences with phrase «narrative nonfiction account»
A favorite son of the Work Center, and one of today's most widely honored writers, Michael Cunningham is the author of arguably the best narrative nonfiction account of our town: Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown.
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The winners include Louise Erdrich's LaRose (Harper), a haunting novel about an accidental shooting and its aftermath for two Native American families; and Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Crown), a narrative nonfiction account of tenants and landlords in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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This nonfiction narrative is an account of two battles of the Revolutionary War, Trenton and Princeton.
Preston's account of this amazing world, by turns terrifying, moving, and fascinating, is an adventure story told in novelistic detail by a master of nonfiction narrative.
His electrifying narrative — filled with riveting details about the miners» existence underground — is the first official account of the ordeal and a book that's destined to become a nonfiction classic.
Focusing this intense, insightful nonfiction narrative on her experiences with patients who died, Pauline Chen presents a compelling account of her career as a surgeon.
Among current writers of narrative nonfiction, none can top Larson's skill for weaving parallel story lines into a gripping account of a historical event.
Both also distribute their published works on Kindle Singles, with several starring on the bestseller list there, including The Fearless Mrs. Goodwin (Byliner) by Elizabeth Mitchell, a 44 - page true - crime account of a brutal bank heist taking place in turn - of - the - century Manhattan, and Blind Sight (Atavist) by Chris Colin, a 38 - page nonfiction narrative about a Hollywood movie producer's horrific car wreck that killed his new wife and his subsequent 10 - year journey recovering from devastating brain injuries.