The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession - Vols 1-2
by Inman, Arthur C. ; Aaron, Daniel - Editor
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674454456
- ISBN 13
- 9780674454453
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About This Item
Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1985. Second Printing . Hard Back - Slip Case. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4. 1661 Pages Indexed. Blue cloth with Gold over red spine lettering wit a red silk bookmark. No defects noted to the Slip Case or Books. Brand New gift quality condition. Between 1919 and his death by suicide in 1963, Arthur Crew Inman wrote what is surely one of the fullest diaries ever kept by any American. Convinced that his bid for immortality required complete candor, he held nothing back. This abridgment of the original 155 volumes is at once autobiography, social chronicle, and an apologia addressed to unborn readers. Into this fascinating record Inman poured memories of a privileged Atlanta childhood, disastrous prep-school years, a nervous collapse in college followed by a bizarre life of self-diagnosed invalidism. Confined to a darkened room in his Boston apartment, he lived vicariously. Through newspaper advertisements he hired "talkers" to tell him the stories of their lives, and he wove their strange histories into the diary. Young women in particular fascinated him. He studied their moods, bought them clothes, fondled them, and counseled them on their love affairs. His marriage in 1923 to Evelyn Yates, the heroine of the diary, survived a series of melodramatic episodes. While reflecting on national olitics, waifs and revolutions, Inman speaks directly about his fears, compulsions, fantasies, and nightmares, coaxing the reader into intimacy with him. Despite his shocking self-disclosures he emerges as an oddly impressive figure. This compelling work is many things: a case history of a deeply troubled man; the story of a transplanted and self-conscious southerner; an historical overview of Boston illuminated with striking cityscapes; an odd sort of American social history. But chiefly it is, as Inman himself came to see, a gigantic nonfiction novel, a new literary form. As it moves inexorably toward a powerful denouement, The Inman Diary is an addictive narrative. A Chamber Opera, The Inman Diaries, by Thomas Oboe Lee - based on the life and writings of Arthur Crew Inman and on the play Visitations by Lorenzo DeStefano played September 14-16, 2007 at the Tower Auditorium Theatre in Boston. Additonal shipping charges will be required to most locations.
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- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19666
- Title
- The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession - Vols 1-2
- Author
- Inman, Arthur C. ; Aaron, Daniel - Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back - Slip Case
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674454456
- ISBN 13
- 9780674454453
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 5 3/4" x 9 1/4
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY JOURNAL SUICIDE DIARIES BIZARRE BOSTON
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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