Shakespeare's Kitchen: Stories - Couverture souple

Segal, Lore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1595583467 ISBN 13 : 9781595583468

Editeur : The New Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Segal Lore

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The thirteen interrelated stories of Shakespeare's Kitchen concern the universal longing for friendship' how we achieve new intimacies for ourselves' and how slowly' inexplicably' we lose them. Featuring six never - before - published pieces' Lore Segal's stunning new book evolved from seven short stories that originally appeared in the New Yorker (including the O. Henry Prize winning The Reverse Buy. Ilka Weisz has accepted a teaching position at the Concordance Institute' a think tank in Connecticut' reluctantly leaving her New York circle of friends. After the comedy of her struggle to meet new people' Ilka comes to embrace' and be embraced by' a new set of acquaintances' including the institute's director' Leslie Shakespeare' and his wife' Eliza. Through a series of memorable dinner parties' picnics' and Sunday brunches' Segal evokes the subtle drama and humor of the outsiders loneliness' the comfort and charm of familiar companionship' the bliss of being in love' and the strangeness of our behavior in the face of other peoples deaths. A magnificent and deeply moving work' Shakespeare's Kitchen marks the long.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Winner of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award' the Harold U. Ribalow Prize' and the Carl Sandburg Award for Fiction' Lore Segal is the author of the novels Other Peoples Houses and Her First American (both available from The New Press)' and several books for children. She lives in New York City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The New Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1595583467
• ISBN 13: 9781595583468
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240