Sounds Like Titanic
A Memoir
$24.70
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2020
Summary
A young woman leaves Appalachia for a life as a classical musician in New York—or so she thinks.
When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group “performs,” the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD. The mastermind behind this scheme is a peculiar and mysterious figure known as The Composer, who is gaslighting his …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393357738 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393357732 |
| Author: | Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 211g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 140mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
“Sardonic, moving.” – The New Yorker
“Brave and captivating.” – The Los Angeles Review of Books
”[An] outrageously funny, shrewdly meta memoir.” – O, The Oprah Magazine
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman has “performed” on PBS, QVC, and at concert halls worldwide. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, McSweeney’s, Brevity, and Hippocampus. She holds a BA in Middle Eastern studies and an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and a PhD in English from the University of North Texas. She teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University and lives in Newport, Kentucky.
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