A National Book Award nominee: Hortense Calisher's autobiography captures the making of a distinct literary voice Although Hortense Calisher's fiction often draws on autobiographical elements, Herself is a disciplined documentation of the award-winning author's life and work. She surveys the various decades and landscapes she has inhabited, mining her family's Jewish lineage, discussing her children, exploring her greatest artistic influences, and describing her work process in a brave and bold work of autobiography. ...
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A National Book Award nominee: Hortense Calisher's autobiography captures the making of a distinct literary voice Although Hortense Calisher's fiction often draws on autobiographical elements, Herself is a disciplined documentation of the award-winning author's life and work. She surveys the various decades and landscapes she has inhabited, mining her family's Jewish lineage, discussing her children, exploring her greatest artistic influences, and describing her work process in a brave and bold work of autobiography. Herself is a rich collage of essays, reviews, recollections, and observations that unite the writer and the person.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Errata slip laid in. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Seller's Description:
Near fine in very good jacket. 401 pages, 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper (gently chipped and edge-worn). New York: Arbor House, (1972). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Signed in full on the half-title page.
