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eBook details
- Title: Bureau of Missing Persons
- Author : Roger J. Porter
- Release Date : January 06, 2011
- Genre: Literary Criticism,Books,Fiction & Literature,Nonfiction,Family & Relationships,Family & Childcare,Biographies & Memoirs,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1291 KB
Description
A devoted reader of autobiographies and memoirs, Roger J. Porter has observed in recent years a surprising number of memoirs by adult children whose fathers have led secret lives. Some of the fathers had second families; some had secret religious lives; others have been criminals, liars, or con men. Struck by the intensely human drama of secrecy and deception played out for all to see, Porter explores the phenomenon in great depth. In Bureau of Missing Persons he examines a large number of these worksâeighteen in allâplacing them in a wide literary and cultural context and considering the ethical quandaries writers face when they reveal secrets so long and closely held.
Among the books Porter treats are Paul Austerâs The Invention of Solitude, Alison Bechdelâs graphic memoir Fun Home, Essie Mae Washington-Williamsâs Dear Senator (on her father, Strom Thurmond), Bliss Broyardâs One Drop, Mary Gordonâs The Shadow Man, and Geoffrey Wolffâs The Duke of Deception. He also discusses Nathaniel Kahnâs documentary film, My Architect. These narratives inevitably look inward to the writer as well as outward to the parent. The autobiographical children are compelled, if not consumed, by a desire to know. They become detectives, piecing together clues to fill memory voids, assembling material and archival evidence, public and private documents, letters, photographs, and iconic physical objects to track down the parent.
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