The Trip to Echo Spring
Book • 2013
In 'The Trip to Echo Spring', Olivia Laing examines the complex relationship between creativity and alcoholism by tracing the lives of six iconic American writers: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver.
Through her travels across America, Laing delves into how these writers' struggles with alcohol influenced their work and personal lives, challenging the myth of the 'alcoholic writer'.
The book is both a travelogue and a deeply personal exploration of addiction and creativity.
Through her travels across America, Laing delves into how these writers' struggles with alcohol influenced their work and personal lives, challenging the myth of the 'alcoholic writer'.
The book is both a travelogue and a deeply personal exploration of addiction and creativity.
