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As with his previous work, Imaginary Cities, Anderson's personal and generational memoir eschews a straightforward narrative for a freer form of nonfiction. Each chapter uses a mundane object—a bird's egg, fences, empty bottles—as pinpoints for reveries on his own working-class youth in Derry, Ireland, and the lives of his parents and grandparents, available to him only through stray photos and carefully edited family stories. Ever-present in both foreground a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More