Notes on Postcards
A Memoir
$84.55
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
Postcards have accompanied Jennifer Croft throughout her life, providing comfort, beauty, humor, and inspiration. When she left her hometown for the first time, she used them to stay in touch with her grandmother. As a translator travelling the world, she bought and mailed them to remain connected to the growing list of countries she called home. She fell in love with her husband while shopping for postcards at a flea market.
In this poetic memoir, Croft takes a closer look at her tru…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781646221035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1646221036 |
| Author: | Jennifer Croft |
| Publisher: | Catapult |
| Imprint: | Catapult |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 178mm |
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“Readers will appreciate Croft’s personal tone alongside a unique history of communication. For fans of micro-histories, epistolary novels, and memoirs, this book arrives at the intersection of all three.” —Library Journal
Jennifer Croft
Jennifer Croft won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel The Extinction of Irena Rey, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her memoir, Homesick, and the International Booker Prize for her translation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She is also the translator of Federico Falco’s A Perfect Cemetery, Romina Paula’s August, Pedro Mairal’s The Woman from Uruguay, and Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob. She has received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She lives in Tulsa.
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