Good Boys and Dead Girls
Author | : Mary Gordon |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781480414754 |
ISBN-13 | : 1480414751 |
Rating | : 4/5 (751 Downloads) |
Download or read book Good Boys and Dead Girls written by Mary Gordon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVA collection of dazzling and thought-provoking essays from lauded author Mary Gordon/divDIV Much acclaimed for her novels, Mary Gordon is also a brilliant and wide-ranging essayist. Gathering together twenty-eight of her forays into nonfiction, Good Boys and Dead Girls provides a richly autobiographical context for the themes that mark her fiction, such as Irish-American life, Catholicism, embattled families, and the redeeming power of art. Many of the pieces offer insights into artists and other writers: There are admiring accounts of Edith Wharton, Stevie Smith, and Ford Madox Ford, and a piquant critique of the depiction of women by certain celebrated male novelists. Whatever the topic at hand, Gordon proves lively and illuminating company. /divDIV/div/div