Mary McCarthy: Novels 1963-1979
The Group / Birds of America / Cannibals and Missionaries
$144.42
- Hardcover
1140 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2017
Summary
In the second volume of the definitive edition of her fiction, three novels by the witty and provocative writer who defined a generation, including the landmark classic The GroupA collection of three novels by the author whotransformed the scope and style of twentieth-century American literature-including the landmark classic The GroupIn Mary McCarthy’s most famous novel, The Group (1963), she depicts the lives ofeight Vassar College graduates during the 1930s as they grapple with sex, sexism…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598535174 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159853517X |
| Author: | Mary McCarthy, Thomas Mallon |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1140 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 135mm |
| Series: | Library of America (Hardcover) |
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About The Author
Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy (1912-1989), novelist, critic, and political activist, wasborn in Seattle and orphaned at age six, thereafter raised by various relativesin Minnesota and Washington. She graduated from Vassar College in 1933 andwent on to work as a critic for The New Republic, The Nation, and the PartisanReview, for which she was an editor from 1937 to 1948. She married four times,most notably in 1938 to the critic Edmund Wilson. She is the author of sevennovels as well as many other volumes of autobiography, travelogues, essays, andcriticism.Thomas Mallon, editor,Thomas Mallon is the author of nine novels, including Watergate, Finale,and Fellow Travelers, as well as seven books of nonfiction. A protege and friend of McCarthy’s, he is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times Book Review.
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