The Journal I Did Not Keep
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The Journal I Did Not Keep by Lore Segal
"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature, as this generous sampler attests."-The New York Times"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the finest of her generation; this lovely collection is a fine introduction to her work."-Kirkus Reviews
"There are many standouts in the collection, but its single greatest strength is the consistency of Segal's voice, apparent from the very first paragraph of the opening piece..."-The Paris Review
A DEFINITIVE COLLECTION FROM 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, keen and utterly unsentimental.
Segal has often used her own biography as both subject and inspiration- At age ten she was sent on the Kindertransport from Vienna to England to escape the Nazi invasion of Austria; grew up among English foster families; and eventually made her way to the United States. This experience was the impetus for her first novel, Other People's Houses, and one that she has revisited throughout her career.
From that beginning, Segal's writing has ranged widely across form as well as subject matter. Her flawless prose and light touch belie the rigor and intelligence she brings to her art-qualities that were not missed by the New York Times reviewer who pointedly observed, "though it was not written by a man . . . Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel."
With this volume comes a long-awaited career retrospective of an important American Writer.
LORE SEGAL is the author of Shakespeare's Kitchen, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, as well as Half the Kingdom, Lucinella, Other People's Homes, and Her First American. She has received awards from the American Academy and Institutes of Arts and Letters, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship, the O'Henry Prize, and the Harold U. Miller Prize. The Ribalow Prize is an award given by the Ribalow Foundation. She's written for publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, and many others. She has also written children's books and is a German translator.
Segal is based in New York City and works there. CATHERINE LACEY is the author of the novels Nobody is Ever Absent and The Answers, as well as the short story collection Certain American States, which was published recently.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781612197470 |
| ISBN 10 | 1612197477 |
| Title | The Journal I Did Not Keep |
| Author | Lore Segal |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Melville House Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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