- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre; New edition (Oct 5 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0340769467
- ISBN-13: 978-0340769461
- Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.5 x 19.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 141 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #181,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A fantastically engaging storyteller . . . heartbreaking . . . effortlessly funny." —Metro
"A very readable book, and a surprising one too." —Independent on Sunday
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A combination of deeply intimate memoirs and confessions that are powerfully engaging
"Here I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic-alcoholic-childless, beautiful woman. I never dreamt it would be like this." Tracey Emin's "Strangeland" is her own space, lying between the Margate of her childhood, the Turkey of her forefathers, and her own, private-public life in present-day London. Her writings, a combination of memoirs and confessions, are deeply intimate, yet powerfully engaging. Tracey retains a profoundly romantic world view, paired with an uncompromising honesty. Her capacity both to create controversies and to strike chords is unequaled. It is a remarkable book—and an original, beautiful mind.
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An artist comes of age., Oct 23 2010
By Viola Alvarez - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Strangeland (Paperback)
I really enjoy Tracey's art, but I wasn't entirely sure she'd be able to pull off a full-length autobiography. I was so wrong. This book is vivid, highly readable and very well-crafted. It deserves a place right up there with This Boy's Life, Stop-Time and other great coming-of-age memoirs. At times, Tracey does crank up the amp on the same themes that inform her art. There's quite a heaping portion of sexuality and an undercurrent of metaphysics, but none of it detracts from what is ultimately a very affecting and sympathetic story.
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