Hold Still
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- Synopsis
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A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.
In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her.
Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder."
In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 484 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316247740
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780316247740
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Sally Mann, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.