by Claire Messud · Little, Brown Book Group · tapa dura · ISBN 9780349726540
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«Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write», by Claire Messud, is a book of essays in hardcover (256 pages, in English).
In twenty-nine essays, Messud combines memories of her childhood, her family, and a trip to Beirut with readings of contemporary authors, three looks at Albert Camus, and some paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The title essay explores the impulse to write and the power of language.
The subtitle is «An Autobiography Through Essays»; the hardcover edition, published in 2020 by Little, Brown Book Group, has 256 pages.
For readers who enjoy personal essays, writers' memoirs, and reflections on literature and creation.
Claire Messud is an American/Canadian/French novelist and literature and creative writing professor. She is best known as the author of the novel The Emperor's Children (2006).
