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- catalog abstract ""At twenty-four, Alec Wilkinson decided that he wanted to write, so his father asked for the help of his closest friend, William Maxwell, widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's great American writers and an editor of fiction for forty years at The New Yorker. My Mentor is the story of a young man's education at the hands of a master and a heartbreaking meditation on the brave, graceful end of Maxwell's long and happy life - he died at ninety-one, in July 2000. Making use of biography, memoir, and essay, and writing in a lapidary but intimate voice, Wilkinson explores the deeply resonant friendship between the old man and the young one. His experience with Maxwell over the course of twenty-five years he takes as the occasion for a profound and moving reflection on writing, wisdom, fatherhood, love, courage, dignity, and the end that awaits us all."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12476210.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""At twenty-four, Alec Wilkinson decided that he wanted to write, so his father asked for the help of his closest friend, William Maxwell, widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's great American writers and an editor of fiction for forty years at The New Yorker. My Mentor is the story of a young man's education at the hands of a master and a heartbreaking meditation on the brave, graceful end of Maxwell's long and happy life - he died at ninety-one, in July 2000. Making use of biography, memoir, and essay, and writing in a lapidary but intimate voice, Wilkinson explores the deeply resonant friendship between the old man and the young one. His experience with Maxwell over the course of twenty-five years he takes as the occasion for a profound and moving reflection on writing, wisdom, fatherhood, love, courage, dignity, and the end that awaits us all."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "179 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "My mentor.".
- catalog identifier "0618123016".
- catalog isFormatOf "My mentor.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog relation "My mentor.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.54 B 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Editors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Maxwell, William, 1908-2000.".
- catalog subject "Mentoring of authors.".
- catalog subject "PS3525.A9464 Z96 2002".
- catalog subject "Wilkinson, Alec, 1952- Friends and associates.".
- catalog title "My mentor : a young man's friendship with William Maxwell / Alec Wilkinson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".