{"product_id":"the-lifespan-of-a-fact-9780393340730","title":"The Lifespan of a Fact","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow negotiable is a fact? In 2003, after publishing his book of experimental essays, \u003ci\u003eHalls of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e, John D'Agata was approached by \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine to write an essay for them, one that was eventually rejected due to disagreements related to its fact checking. That essay which eventually became the foundation of D'Agata's critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAbout a Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e was accepted by another magazine, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment, and beyond the essay's eventual publication in the magazine, was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as D'Agata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book includes an early draft of D'Agata's essay, along with D'Agata and Fingal's extensive discussion around the text. What emerges is a brilliant and eye-opening meditation on the relationship between \"truth\" and \"accuracy\" and a penetrating conversation about whether it is appropriate for a writer to substitute one for the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393340730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2012 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John D'Agata, Jim Fingal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636931424412,"sku":"9780393340730","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5812706c-3226-48bb-b13f-196329c64c96.jpg?v=1603843395","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lifespan-of-a-fact-9780393340730","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}