United States
essays 1952-1992
$67.48
- Paperback
1312 pages
- Release Date
31 October 1994
Summary
Gore Vidal’s reputation as ‘America’s finest essayist’ is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states.
State of the Art covers literature, including novelists and critics, bestsellers, pieces on Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Nabakov and Montaigne (a previously uncollected essay from 1992).…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349105246 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349105243 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1312 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 1994 |
| Weight: | 860g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 63mm |
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Vidal is the outstanding literary radical of America.
Magnificent…irresistable from beginning to end. - THE TIMES
All the Vidals are on display in this glittering showcase… Long may he continue to nip and bite at the flanks of the corrupt, the powerful, the moronic and the self-serving. - GUARDIANThe arc and span of Vidal’s erudition and intelligence are prodigious… for forty years it has been Vidal’s vocation to restore a witty and classically literate sense of memory and historical continuity to a country he calls “Amnesia” - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYVidal is the outstanding literary radical of America. - Melvyn BraggAbout The Author
Gore Vidal
GORE VIDAL the author of twenty-two novels, five plays, numerous screenplays, more than two hundred essays, and the critically lauded PALIMPSEST: A MEMOIR. He lives in California.
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