Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005 (First Edition)
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Carroll Graf Publishers, New York, 2005 First edition. First printing, with full number line. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, tight copy with price ($26.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Octavo, xvii + 427 pages. Includes bibliographical references (pp. 401 405) and index. This substantial collection of nonfiction spans over two decades, from 1983 to 2005. It encompasses autobiographical essays, cultural commentary, book reviews, and introductory pieces to significant literary works. Notable inclusions are her reflections on reading Virginia Woolf s To the Lighthouse at nineteen, discussions on the influence of George Orwell s 1984 on The Handmaid s Tale, and her New York Times Book Review piece that contributed to the success of Orhan Pamuk s Snow. The collection also features a poignant Letter to America written after September 11, 2001, and a retrospective on a family trip to Afghanistan prior to the Soviet invasion.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.
- Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York
- Year: 2005
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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