Bibliograph

Words and worlds, from autobiography to zippers, Alison Lurie

Type

Label

Words and worlds, from autobiography to zippers, Alison Lurie

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Words and worlds

Oclc number

1054835346

Responsibility statement

Alison Lurie

Sub title

from autobiography to zippers

Summary

"In this candid and bluntly humorous collection of essays on a wide range of topics, Lurie begins with a portrait of her life at Radcliffe during World War II when the smartest women in the country were treated like second-class citizens, the most scholarly among them expected to work in factories to support the war effort. She moves on to her unheralded, clumsy attempts and near failure to be a writer and, finally having reached a level of recognition, the good fortune of forming close relationships with other writers and editors and great thinkers, including Robert Silver of The New York Review of Books, the poet James Merrill, and the illustrator, Edward Gorey. On this fascinating journey, we are amused by her insightful, often delightfully funny meditations on topics such as "deconstruction" and beloved children's literature series such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter, and Babar. Words and Worlds is a crowning reminiscence from a much beloved and celebrated writer"--, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Personal history -- Words and worlds -- People -- Children's books -- Clothes

Classification