**"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the finest of her generation; this lovely collection is a fine introduction to her work." --Kirkus Reviews ** **A DEFINITIVE LOOK AT ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST WRITERS --INCLUDING NEW AND NEVER-BEFORE-COLLECTED WORK ** From the award-winning _New Yorke
JOURNAL I NEVER KEPT: new and selected writing
β Scribed by SEGAL, LORE;Segal, Lore Groszmann
- Publisher
- Melville House
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0823438570
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β¦ Synopsis
**"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the finest of her generation; this lovely collection is a fine introduction to her work." --Kirkus Reviews
**
**A DEFINITIVE LOOK AT ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST WRITERS --INCLUDING NEW AND NEVER-BEFORE-COLLECTED WORK
**
From the award-winning New Yorker writer comes this essential volume spanning almost six decades. Admired for "a voice unlike any other" (Cynthia Ozick) and a style both "wry and poignant" (The New Yorker), Lore Segal is a master literary stylist. This volume collects some of her finest work--including new and uncollected writing--and selections from her novels, stories, and essays.
From her very first story--which appeared in The New Yorker in 1961--to today, Segal's voice has been unique in contemporary American literature: Hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound.
A keen and utterly unsentimental observer, Segal has often used her own...
β¦ Subjects
Segal, Lore Groszmann
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