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The world as i found it by bruce duffy 1987 hcdj signed. The world as i found it by bruce duffy introduction by david leavitt irreverently trespassing on the turf of history, biography, and philosophy, the world as i found it reimagines the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell, g. Bruce duffys dazzling first novel, the world as i found it blends fact and fiction in a story based on the unlikely figure of philosopher ludwig. When bruce duffy s the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell, g. Bruce duffy quotes author of the world as i found it. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell,g. His first novel, the world as i found it, was called one of five great nonfiction novels by joyce carol oates. When the wealthy and cultivated young ludwig wittgenstein burst upon the hermetic world of bertrand russell and. Here are nearly 550 pages of a most unusual, even preposterous venture. Joyce carol oates named the world as i found it as one of five great nonfiction novels, calling the book a bold and original work of fiction and one of the most ambitious first novels ever published.

Writing in salon, joyce carol oates named the world as i found it as one of five great nonfiction novels, calling it one of the most ambitious first novels ever published. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the. See all books authored by bruce duffy, including the world as i found it, and disaster was my god. Bruce duffy the world as i found it saturday, october 16, 2010 6. Odd how the impossible negation of death the sudden absence of life where once there was promise can stimulate an early philosophical bent. Bruce michael duffy born june 9, 1951 is an american author. Duffy grew up in garrett park, maryland, a suburb of washington d. Bruce duffy is the author of the autobiographical novel last comes the egg 1997, andto appear june 2011 disaster was my god, a novel based on the life and work of the poet arthur rimbaud. Buy world as i found it book online at best prices in india on.

In this astounding first novel about the philosopher ludwig wittengenstein, published in 1987, bruce duffy manages to include an impressive number of the things on earth enough to make ww1 and the holocaust appear mainly as interludes, and quite a few of those in heaven also. A book i bought purely off the back of duffy s magnificent the world as i found it 1987, a fictionalized biography of ludwig wittgenstein. The world as i found it by bruce duffy nook book ebook. Buy the world as i found it by bruce duffy online at alibris. The world as i found it centers around ludwig wittgenstein, one of the most powerfully magnetic. The world as i found it by bruce duffy 1997, paperback. In 1988, duffy won a whiting award and received a guggenheim fellowship. The world as i found it paperback the elliott bay book. Joyce carol oates named the world as i found it one of the most ambitious first novels ever published. Buy a cheap copy of the world as i found it book by bruce duffy. Buy world as i found it book online at low prices in india. The world as i found it centers around ludwig wittgenstein. His novels include the world as i found it and last comes the egg.

A former guggenheim fellow, duffy has won the whiting writers award and a lila wallace readers digest award. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about the world as i found it by bruce duffy. The world as i found it bruce duffy first printing. When bruce duffy s the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals.

Last comes the egg by bruce duffy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The world as i found it is a stimulating and challenging novel that merges the story of three famous 20th century philosophers into a story of their lives and their work. A novel of the outlaw life of arthur rimbaud, and more on. In a buoyant style, duffy imagines wittgensteins life as a series of collisions, beginning with his turbulent family life and especially with his arrival at cambridge and his rocky friendships with bertrand russell, g. The world as i found it by bruce duffy a copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Bruce duffy the world as i found it politics and prose. He is best known for his novel the world as i found it, a fictionalized account of the life of. When bruce duffy s the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell,g. The world as i found it by bruce duffy librarything.

Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. A brilliant group portrait with the vertiginous displacements of twentiethcentury life looming large in the background, duffys novel depicts times and places as various as vienna 1900, the trenches of world war i. Duffys talent is in his silky writing, sense of pace and great use of both dialogue and inner monologue. In 1988 won a whiting writers award and received a guggenheim fellowship. The world as i found it centers around ludwig wittgenstein, one of the most powerfully magnetic philosophers of our timebrilliant, tortured, mercurial, forging his own solitary path while leaving a permanent mark on all around him. Bruce duffy books list of books by author bruce duffy.

He is best known for his novel the world as i found it, a fictionalized account of the life of ludwig wittgenstein, a prominent 20th century philosopher. The world as i found it when bruce duffy s the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring reimagining of the lives of three very different men, the philosophers bertrand russell, g. An only child raised in a catholic middleclass family in suburban maryland, duffy sees the 1962 death of his motheressentially by medical. Bruce duffy is the author of the autobiographical novel last comes the egg 1997, andto appear june 2011disaster was my god, a novel based on th. Moore, and lytton strachey and the cambridge apostles. When bruce duffys the world as i found it was first published more than twenty years ago, critics and readers were bowled over by its daring.

A brilliant group portrait with the vertiginous displacements of twentiethcentury life looming large in the background, duffy. Joyce carol oates named the world as i found it as one of five great nonfiction novels, calling the book a bold. He cites the death of his mother by medical malpractice when he was eleven as the trauma that drove him to be a writer. Bruce duffys dazzling first novel, the world as i found it blends fact and fiction in a story based on the unlikely figure of philosopher ludwig wittgenstein and his idiosyncratic quest for meaning in what he saw as the 20th centurys chamber of horrors. A brilliant group portrait with the vertiginous displacements of twentiethcentury life looming large in the.