Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write
An Autobiography Through Essays
$26.38
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2020
Summary
Arranged in three parts, Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write opens with Claire’s most personal essays - reflections on a childhood divided between cultures, and between dueling models of womanhood. It is here, in these early years, that we see the seeds of Messud’s inquiry into the precarious nature of girlhood, the role narrative plays in giving shape to a life and the power of language.
As the book progresses, we then see how these questions translate into Mess…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349726557 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349726558 |
| Author: | Claire Messud |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Fleet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 134mm x 26mm |
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Messud is magnificent on female fury … The Burning Girl is an astute, subtle novel that conceals an eloquent and clear-eyed rage simmering beneath its surface - Financial Times (on The Burning Girl)
Messud captures young adolescence vividly and unjudgementally … this is a hard book to stop reading - Guardian (on The Burning Girl)This is a terrific novel, beautifully written and crafted; I don’t believe Messud could write a duff sentence if she tried - The Times (on The Burning Girl)A novel of deep emotional intelligence … There are insightful, psychologically astute meditations throughout the narrative, written in the precise, elegant prose we’ve come to expect from this master storyteller … The Burning Girl is reminiscent of My Brilliant Friend - Independent (on The Burning Girl)About The Author
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The author of five other works of fiction including, most recently, The Burning Girl, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.
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