Double Vision

by George Garrett

Book Overview

A shotgun marriage of fact and fiction by one of the most highly regarded writers and teachers of our time.

A writer named George Garrett, suffering from double vision as a result of a neurological disorder, is asked to review a recent, first biography of the late Peter Taylor, a renowned writer who has been his long-time friend and neighbor in Charlottesville. Reflecting on their relationship, Garrett conceives of a character--not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817314288
• ISBN13: 9780817314286
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Between Fact and Fiction

Garrett uses his relationship with his fellow Southern writer, the late Peter Taylor, as a basis to explore issues of personal and regional identity and the demands of a writer's vocation. The way both the real-life originals AND the fictional alter egos are present in the text interrogates the wall between reality and imagination in a way that is provocative, mind-stretching, and always great fun. Garrett is a kind of stealth innovator in American fiction. He does not get the avant-garde headlines, but he has consistently been trying to ramify the creative potential of fictional narrative.