Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy

Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy
Title Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy PDF eBook
Author Frances Kiernan
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 846
Release 2002-05-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0393323072

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A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy. From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle with Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy brought a nineteenth-century scope and drama to her emblematic twentieth-century life. Dubbed by Time as "quite possibly the cleverest woman America has ever produced," McCarthy moved in a circle of ferociously sharp-tongued intellectuals—all of whom had plenty to say about this diamond in their midst. Frances Kiernan's biography does justice to one of the most controversial American intellectuals of the twentieth century. With interviews from dozens of McCarthy's friends, former lovers, literary and political comrades-in-arms, awestruck admirers, amused observers, and bitter adversaries, Seeing Mary Plain is rich in ironic judgment and eloquent testimony. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2000 and a Washington Post Book World "Rave".

Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy

Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy
Title Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy PDF eBook
Author Frances Kiernan
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 854
Release 2002-05-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780393323078

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A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy. From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle with Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy brought a nineteenth-century scope and drama to her emblematic twentieth-century life. Dubbed by Time as "quite possibly the cleverest woman America has ever produced," McCarthy moved in a circle of ferociously sharp-tongued intellectuals—all of whom had plenty to say about this diamond in their midst. Frances Kiernan's biography does justice to one of the most controversial American intellectuals of the twentieth century. With interviews from dozens of McCarthy's friends, former lovers, literary and political comrades-in-arms, awestruck admirers, amused observers, and bitter adversaries, Seeing Mary Plain is rich in ironic judgment and eloquent testimony. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2000 and a Washington Post Book World "Rave".

Seeing Mary Plain

Seeing Mary Plain
Title Seeing Mary Plain PDF eBook
Author Frances Kiernan
Publisher W. W. Norton
Pages 845
Release 2000
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780393038019

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Based on interviews with her friends, former lovers, and associates, this biography of a 20th century American literary icon covers her days at the Partisan Review, her stormy marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, her novel The Group, and much more.

Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy

Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy
Title Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy PDF eBook
Author Frances Kiernan
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 846
Release 2002-05-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0393348520

Download Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A revealing portrait of the dramatic life of writer and intellectual Mary McCarthy. From her Partisan Review days to her controversial success as the author of The Group, to an epic libel battle with Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy brought a nineteenth-century scope and drama to her emblematic twentieth-century life. Dubbed by Time as "quite possibly the cleverest woman America has ever produced," McCarthy moved in a circle of ferociously sharp-tongued intellectuals—all of whom had plenty to say about this diamond in their midst. Frances Kiernan's biography does justice to one of the most controversial American intellectuals of the twentieth century. With interviews from dozens of McCarthy's friends, former lovers, literary and political comrades-in-arms, awestruck admirers, amused observers, and bitter adversaries, Seeing Mary Plain is rich in ironic judgment and eloquent testimony. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2000 and a Washington Post Book World "Rave".

Mary McCarthy

Mary McCarthy
Title Mary McCarthy PDF eBook
Author Carol Gelderman
Publisher
Pages 43
Release 1988-05-01
Genre
ISBN 9785552027323

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For half a century, Mary McCarthy has been at the center of the literary and intellectual life of America. This book, written with her cooperation, but not authorized, traces for the first time her extraordinary career. 16 pages of photos.

The Group

The Group
Title The Group PDF eBook
Author Mary McCarthy
Publisher Open Road Media
Pages 459
Release 2013-08-06
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1480438235

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This smash bestseller about privileged Vassar classmates shocked America in the sixties and remains “juicy . . . witty . . . brilliant” (Cosmopolitan). At Vassar, they were known as “the group”—eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. A week after graduation in 1933, they all gather for the wedding of Kay Strong, one of their own, before going their separate ways in the world. In the years that follow, they will each know accomplishment and loss in equal measure, pursuing careers and marriage, experiencing the joys and traumas of sexual awakening and motherhood, all while suffering through betrayals, infidelities, and sometimes madness. Some of them will drift apart. Some will play important roles in the personal dramas of others. But it is tragedy that will ultimately unite the group once again. A novel that stunned the world when it was first published in 1963, Mary McCarthy’s The Group found acclaim, controversy, and a place atop the New York Times bestseller list for nearly two years for its frank and controversial exploration of women’s issues, social concerns, and sexuality. A blistering satire of the mores of an emergent generation of women, The Group is McCarthy’s enduring masterpiece, still as relevant, powerful, and wonderfully entertaining fifty years on. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate.

The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story

The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
Title The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story PDF eBook
Author Frances Kiernan
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 342
Release 2008-05-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0393078841

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"Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life." —O, The Oprah Magazine This biography, based on firsthand knowledge and interviews with Mrs. Astor’s friends and the heads of New York’s great cultural institutions, gives us back the woman so loved and admired. At the age of 51, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill-tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959. In a highly publicized courtroom battle, she fought off an attempt to break Vincent’s will, which left $67 million to the Vincent Astor Foundation. As the foundation’s president, Mrs. Astor would use this legacy to benefit New York City. She would personally visit every grant applicant and charm anyone she met. At her hundredth birthday, princes and presidents honored her, but in 2006 a grandson petitioned the courts to have his father removed as Brooke’s guardian. Once again an Astor court battle became the stuff of headlines.