The Smoking Book.
The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays that connect, expand, and contract...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780226773322 0226773329 1281430420 9781281430427 9786611430429 6611430423 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays that connect, expand, and contract like smoke rings floating through the air. Stern writes of addictions and passionate attachments, of the body and bodily pleasure, of autobiography and cultural history. Smoking is Stern's seductive pretext, her way of entering unknown and mysterious regions. The Smoking Book begins with intimate a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |