The End of the Novel of Love
$23.97
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
4 February 2020
Summary
In The End of the Novel of Love, an acclaimed and provocative collection of criticism, Gornick applies the same intelligence, honesty, and insight that define her memoirs to an analysis of love and marriage as literary themes in the twentieth century. She examines the work and lives of several authors she admires-including Grace Paley, Willa Cather, Jean Rhys, George Meredith, Jane Smiley, Richard Ford, and Andre Dubus-to ultimately posit that love, sexual fulfillment, and marriage are now ex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374538262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374538263 |
| Author: | Vivian Gornick |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 4 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 140mm x 14mm |
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“The End of the Novel of Love is small in bulk but large in implication. The book is a pleasure and a stimulus: persuasive, finely wrought, quivering with intelligence.”–George Scialabba, Boston Review
About The Author
Vivian Gornick
VIVIAN GORNICK is the author of several books, including the acclaimed memoir Fierce Attachments; the essay collection The Men in My Life; and the autobiography The Odd Woman and the City. She began her career as a staff writer for The Village Voice in 1969, and her work has since appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, and many other publications.
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