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9781250047762 English 1250047765 EIGHTY PIECES OF SHORT FICTION ON MANHOOD BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS, PRESENTED BY COLUM MCCANN, ESQUIRE, AND NARRATIVE 4EIGHTY PIECES OF SHORT FICTION AND NONFICTION ON MANHOOD BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS, PRESENTED BY COLUM MCCANN, ESQUIRE, AND NARRATIVE 4To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man."The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood. The Book of Men probes, with the poignant honesty and imagination that only these writers could deliver, the slippery condition of manhood. You will find men striving and searching, learning and failing to learn, triumphing and aspiring; men who are lost and men navigating their way toward redemption. These stories don't just explore what it is to be a man, but ultimately what it is to be a human-with all of its uncertainty, complexity, clumsiness, and beauty.With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global nonprofit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a man?, Eighty pieces of short fiction and nonfiction on manhood by some of the world's best writers, presented by Colum McCann, Esquire , and Narrative 4 To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man." The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood. The Book of Men probes, with the poignant honesty and imagination that only these writers could deliver, the slippery condition of manhood. You will find men striving and searching, learning and failing to learn, triumphing and aspiring; men who are lost and men navigating their way toward redemption. These stories don't just explore what it is to be a man, but ultimately what it is to be a humanwith all of its uncertainty, complexity, clumsiness, and beauty. With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global nonprofit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a man?, To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man."The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood.With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , the National Book Award-winning Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global non-profit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a Man?Contributors include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kurt Andersen, Amy Bloom, James Lee Burke, Sloane Crosley, Michael Cunningham, Geoff Dyer, Ben Fountain, Aleksandar Hemon, Khaled Hosseini, William Kittredge, Ayana Mathis, Ian McEwan, Téa Obreht, Joseph O'Connor, Benjamin Percy, Salman Rushdie, Mona Simpson, Jess Walter, and Terry Tempest Williams, among others.
9781250047762 English 1250047765 EIGHTY PIECES OF SHORT FICTION ON MANHOOD BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS, PRESENTED BY COLUM MCCANN, ESQUIRE, AND NARRATIVE 4EIGHTY PIECES OF SHORT FICTION AND NONFICTION ON MANHOOD BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS, PRESENTED BY COLUM MCCANN, ESQUIRE, AND NARRATIVE 4To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man."The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood. The Book of Men probes, with the poignant honesty and imagination that only these writers could deliver, the slippery condition of manhood. You will find men striving and searching, learning and failing to learn, triumphing and aspiring; men who are lost and men navigating their way toward redemption. These stories don't just explore what it is to be a man, but ultimately what it is to be a human-with all of its uncertainty, complexity, clumsiness, and beauty.With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global nonprofit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a man?, Eighty pieces of short fiction and nonfiction on manhood by some of the world's best writers, presented by Colum McCann, Esquire , and Narrative 4 To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man." The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood. The Book of Men probes, with the poignant honesty and imagination that only these writers could deliver, the slippery condition of manhood. You will find men striving and searching, learning and failing to learn, triumphing and aspiring; men who are lost and men navigating their way toward redemption. These stories don't just explore what it is to be a man, but ultimately what it is to be a humanwith all of its uncertainty, complexity, clumsiness, and beauty. With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global nonprofit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a man?, To help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, Esquire asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, "How to Be a Man."The result is The Book of Men , an unflinching investigation into the essence of manhood.With contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of Esquire , the National Book Award-winning Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global non-profit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, The Book of Men might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a Man?Contributors include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kurt Andersen, Amy Bloom, James Lee Burke, Sloane Crosley, Michael Cunningham, Geoff Dyer, Ben Fountain, Aleksandar Hemon, Khaled Hosseini, William Kittredge, Ayana Mathis, Ian McEwan, Téa Obreht, Joseph O'Connor, Benjamin Percy, Salman Rushdie, Mona Simpson, Jess Walter, and Terry Tempest Williams, among others.