The Factory of Facts: A Memoir

The acclaimed author of Low Life reinvents the memoir in a cunning, lyrical book that is at once a personal history and a meditation on the construction of identity.

Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey, Lucy Sante transformed herself from a pious, timid Belgian child into a boisterous American adolescent, who eschewed French while fantasizing about the pop star Françoise Hardy. To show how this transformation came about--and why it remained incomplete--The Factory of Facts combines family anecdote and ancestral legend; detailed forays into Belgian history, language, and religion; and deft synopses of the American character.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/30/1999
ISBN: 9780679746508
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.72h x 6.04w x 0.86d

Review Citations: New York Times 05/23/1999 pg. 36