num_pages: 320
description: 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, Luc Sante transformed himself from a pious, timid Belgian boy into a loutish 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: The Factory of Facts
titlecomplete: The Factory of Facts
genres: Literature, Autobiography, Memoir, Essays, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 119
publisher: Vintage