“ Annie Dillard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, was born in April 30, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood, and is best known for her narrative nonfiction. She has also published poetry, essays, autobiography and criticism.
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard is an autobiography of her own life. Annie Dillard was born in 1945 in Pittsburgh to Frank and Pam Doak. And later in 1987, she published her autobiography, which lists all the events from 1950 to her adolescence. This book is not a day to day story of her life but rather a collection of the vivid memories of her childhood and how those enduring impressions they left on her mind shaped her later on.
In this novel, Dillard manages to change her ordinary experiences into extraordinary events, which makes novel interesting and grabs reader’s attention the most. Throughout each parts of the novel, readers can learn how Annie becomes a passionate, loving, independent young woman from a classic, childish, curious five-year-old girl.
Dillard’s imagery and writing technique is both poetic and rare at the same time. While the novel doesn’t have a plot, it takes the readers to a secret place and to those unspoken, puzzling feelings and imaginations that children have with such a descriptive word and details. Because children go through many of the same things in life like Dillard and think alike, it was fairly easy to relate to the book.
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Jade K wrote this review Tuesday, October 14 2008.
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