# How Literature Saved My Life

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- Book: [How Literature Saved My Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-shields/how-literature-saved-my-life) ([How Literature Saved My Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-shields/how-literature-saved-my-life.md))
- Authors: [David Shields](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-shields)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-4580-272-9
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2013-11-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Blending confessional criticism and cultural autobiography, David Shields explores the power of literature to make life survivable, maybe even endurable. Evoking his deeply divided personality, his character...