Summer of Deliverance
A Memoir of Father and Son
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Entertainment & Performing Arts
| Author: | Christopher Dickey | ISBN: | 9781439129593 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster | Publication: | October 12, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christopher Dickey |
| ISBN: | 9781439129593 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication: | October 12, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Language: | English |
Summer of Deliverance is a powerful and moving memoir of anger, love, and reconciliation between a son and his father. Hailed as a literary genius of his generation, James Dickey created his art and lived his life with a ferocious passion. He was a heavy drinker, a destructive husband and father, a poet of grace and sensitivity, and, after the publication and subsequent film of his novel, Deliverance, a wildly popular literary star. Drawing on letters, notebooks, diaries, and his explicit conversations with his father, Christopher Dickey has crafted a superb memoir of the corrosive effects of fame, a moving remembrance of a crisis that united a family, and an inspiring celebration of love between father and son.
Summer of Deliverance is a powerful and moving memoir of anger, love, and reconciliation between a son and his father. Hailed as a literary genius of his generation, James Dickey created his art and lived his life with a ferocious passion. He was a heavy drinker, a destructive husband and father, a poet of grace and sensitivity, and, after the publication and subsequent film of his novel, Deliverance, a wildly popular literary star. Drawing on letters, notebooks, diaries, and his explicit conversations with his father, Christopher Dickey has crafted a superb memoir of the corrosive effects of fame, a moving remembrance of a crisis that united a family, and an inspiring celebration of love between father and son.
