The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking by Olivia Laing

The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking

Olivia Laing

352 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective sad slow-paced
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Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six...

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Moods

reflective 90%
informative 85%
emotional 43%
sad 39%
dark 31%
inspiring 21%
challenging 17%
hopeful 12%
funny 4%
adventurous 2%
relaxing 2%
tense 2%

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medium 63%
slow 36%

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