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Bird by Bird
- Some Instructions on Writing and Life
- Gesprochen von: Susan Bennett
- Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 18 Min.
- Kategorien: Bildung & Lernen, Sprache, Vokabeln & Grammatik

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An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This 25th anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.
For a quarter century, more than a million readers and listeners - scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities - have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, bighearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father - also a writer - in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
Kritikerstimmen
"Superb writing advice...hilarious, helpful and provocative." (New York Times Book Review)
"A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps." (Los Angeles Times)
"A gift to all of us mortals who write or ever wanted to write...sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise, and alternately cranky and kind - a reveille to get off our duffs and start writing now, while we still can." (Seattle Times)
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