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Summary:

"A whimsical and misanthropic imagining of Emily Dickinson's life. Paper Towns is a novelized account of Emily Dickinson's life, focusing on her childhood, the homes she lived in throughout her life, her family relationships, and her gradual reclusiveness, as she becomes consumed by getting words down on paper, and writing becomes an end in itself. Dickinson's childhood seems idyllic, and the headstrong Emily is both serious and fanciful. As she presses flowers between the pages of heavy books to preserve them, she reflects that books drink the water of flowers. When she is given a kaleidoscope for Christmas, she sees it as a device for taking the world as it is and making it unrecognizable, saying to her mother in response to the gift, 'But I already have so many books... ' The account of her adult life focuses on her writing and gardening, her gradual withdrawal from society, her relationships with family members and her limited contact with people from the outside world. She is disappointed with flesh and blood, and prefers letters, reflecting that you can't have books and a life, after seeing her classmates abandon their dreams to take their place in society. She remains close to her sister, but upon returning to her childhood home Homestead, after a 25-year absence, she reflects that of all the members of her family, she likes the house the best."-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Fortier, Dominique, 1972- , author

Contributors:

Mullins, Rhonda, 1966- , translator

Languages:

English
French

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): French

Main Work:

Villes de papier [by Fortier, D.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Paper houses [by Fortier, D.] (Toronto : Coach House Books, 2019 — ISBN 1770566112; ISBN 9781770566118)

Subjects:

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 — Fiction

Women poets — Fiction

Recluses — Fiction

General Notes:

"Originally published as Les villes de papier by Les Éditions Alto, 2018"--Title page verso.
Translated from the French.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

ISBNs:

9781770566101 (electronic bk.)
1770566104 (electronic bk.)
9781552453926 [Invalid]
1552453928 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1107049107

Other Control Numbers:

2244374 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp300919925