Knitwear. Return address. Genis A.A.

The memoir volume of Alexander Genis combines two very different books under one binding.

in both the reader will meet familiar heroes and material, but the texts are radically different by the manner. If the Knitotage cycle built around the author’s life is dense lyrical prose with theological nuances, then the “reverse address” remains in the honest framework of non-fiction and can serve as a key (up to photographs of the characters) for the first book. Such a counterpoint acneys the traditional memoir genre and makes it new and original.