97,196 Words

A selection of the best short work by France''s greatest living nonfiction writer

A New York Times Notable Books of 2020

No one writes nonfiction like Emmanuel Carr¿. Although he takes cues from such literary heroes as Truman Capote and Janet Malcolm, Carr¿ has, over the course of his career, reinvented the form in a search for truth in all its guises. Dispensing with the rules of genre, he takes what he needs from every available form or discipline¿be it theology, historiography, fiction, reportage, or memoir¿and fuses it under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity, intellect, and wit. With an oeuvre unique in world literature for its blend of empathy and playfulness, Carr¿ stands as one of our most distinctive and important literary voices.

97,196 Words introduces Carr¿¿s shorter works to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary essays written over an illustrious twenty-five-ye