Good Bones: Glorious Relics from the Age of Reading - Paperback
by Brooke Allen
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Tivoli BooksISBN-13:9781966218128ISBN-10:1966218125UPC:9781966218128Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCFCEZDV9C
Good Bones: Glorious Relics from the Age of Reading
The heyday of reading is probably behind us, but in these shrewd and witty essays Brooke Allen examines the relics of the saints (and sinners) who made it what it was. Focused as much on literary lives as oeuvres, she excavates the glories of August Strindberg, George Sand, Patricia Highsmith, Anthony Powell, Truman Capote and even the late great diarist Richard Burton (who also did some acting)....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tivoli BooksISBN-13:9781966218128ISBN-10:1966218125UPC:9781966218128Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCFCEZDV9C
Allen, Brooke: - Brooke Allen has published two previous essay collections. Her work has appeared in The New Criterion, The Wall Street Journal, The Hudson Review, The New York Times, The Nation, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. With a PhD from Columbia University, she has taught literature at Bennington College and history of thought in its prison program. She and her husband, the photographer Peter...
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