The Factory of Facts
, by SANTE, LUCNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780679746508 | 0679746501
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 3/30/1999
The acclaimed author of Low Life reinvents the memoir in a cunning, lyrical book that is at once a personal history and a meditation on the construction of identity. Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey, Luc Sante transformed himself from a pious, timid Belgian boy into a loutish American adolescent, who eschewed French while fantasizing about the pop star Francoise Hardy. To show how this transformation came about--and why it remained incomplete--The Factory of Facts combines family anecdote and ancestral legend; detailed forays into Belgian history, language, and religion; and deft synopses of the American character.