WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST - Hardcover
Synopsis
In a collection of short stories the discovery of unknown desires and inner contradictions clash with the everyday lives of the characters
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About the Author
Francine Prose is the author of sixteen novels, including A Changed Man, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. A former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Prose is a highly regarded critic and essayist, and has taught literature and writing for more than twenty years at major universities. She is a distinguished writer in residence at Bard College, and she lives in New York City.
Review
“Meticulously observed.” —The New York Times
“Reading Women and Children First is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape.” —Jane Smiley, author of A Thousand Acres
“Wise and witty.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0394565738
- ISBN 13 9780394565736
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages229
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