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The Group

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This smash hit and must-read classic about privileged Vassar classmates that shocked America in the sixties remains "juicy . . . witty . . . brilliant" ( Cosmopolitan ).At Vassar, they were known as "the group" —eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. A week after graduation in 1933, they all gather for the wedding of Kay Strong, one of ... Read more

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This smash hit and must-read classic about privileged Vassar classmates that shocked America in the sixties remains "juicy . . . witty . . . brilliant" ( Cosmopolitan ).At Vassar, they were known as "the group" —eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. A week after graduation in 1933, they all gather for the wedding of Kay Strong, one of
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Mary McCarthy's Collected Memoirs

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, How I Grew, and Intellectual Memoirs

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Three candid, affecting memoirs by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group, including a National Book Award finalist.In Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, Mary McCarthy begins with her recollections of a happy childhood cut tragically short by the death of her parents during the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering memory with invention, McCarthy describes how, orphaned at six, she ... Read more

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Three candid, affecting memoirs by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group, including a National Book Award finalist.In Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, Mary McCarthy begins with her recollections of a happy childhood cut tragically short by the death of her parents during the influenza epidemic of 1918. Tempering memory with invention, McCarthy describes how, orphaned at six, she
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This smash hit and must-read classic about privileged Vassar classmates that shocked America in the sixties remains "juicy . . . witty . . . brilliant" ( Cosmopolitan ).At Vassar, they were known as "the group" —eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. A week after graduation in 1933, they all gather for the wedding of Kay Strong, one of ... Read more

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This smash hit and must-read classic about privileged Vassar classmates that shocked America in the sixties remains "juicy . . . witty . . . brilliant" ( Cosmopolitan ).At Vassar, they were known as "the group" —eight young women of privilege, the closest of friends, an eclectic mix of vibrant personalities. A week after graduation in 1933, they all gather for the wedding of Kay Strong, one of
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The Collected Essays Volume Two

Mary McCarthy's Theatre Chronicles, 1937–1962 and On the Contrary

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Candid, sharp, and entertaining essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and a "delightfully polished writer" ( The Atlantic Monthly).Whether penning criticism, memoir, or fiction, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Group invariably wrote with "an icily honest eye and a glacial wit" ( The New York Times). Gathered here are two memorable ... Read more

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Candid, sharp, and entertaining essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Memories of a Catholic Girlhood and a "delightfully polished writer" ( The Atlantic Monthly).Whether penning criticism, memoir, or fiction, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Group invariably wrote with "an icily honest eye and a glacial wit" ( The New York Times). Gathered here are two memorable
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Intellectual Memoirs

New York, 1936–1938

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In this no-holds-barred memoir with a foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick, the bestselling author of The Group recalls her early life in New York, revealing the genesis of and genius behind her groundbreaking fictionMary McCarthy is a married twenty-four-year-old Communist and critic when this memoir begins. She's disciplined, dedicated, and sexually experimental: At one point she realizes that in ... Read more

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In this no-holds-barred memoir with a foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick, the bestselling author of The Group recalls her early life in New York, revealing the genesis of and genius behind her groundbreaking fictionMary McCarthy is a married twenty-four-year-old Communist and critic when this memoir begins. She's disciplined, dedicated, and sexually experimental: At one point she realizes that in
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Cast a Cold Eye

Stories

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Seven "remarkable" stories from the bestselling author of The Group ( The New York Times).Two American tourists find themselves seriously befuddled by their unorthodox Italian guide. A hospitalized graduate student turns the sounds of pain and despair into music. A family is tragically taken apart, and then reformed, by a deadly outbreak of influenza. The short fiction in this collection, some of ... Read more

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Seven "remarkable" stories from the bestselling author of The Group ( The New York Times).Two American tourists find themselves seriously befuddled by their unorthodox Italian guide. A hospitalized graduate student turns the sounds of pain and despair into music. A family is tragically taken apart, and then reformed, by a deadly outbreak of influenza. The short fiction in this collection, some of
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The Collected Novels Volume Two

A Charmed Life, The Groves of Academe, and Cannibals and Missionaries

by Mary McCarthy ...

Sharply observed literary fiction from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group and a "delightfully polished writer" ( The Atlantic Monthly).New York Times–bestselling author Mary McCarthy wrote with "an icily honest eye and a glacial wit that make her portraits stingingly memorable" ( The New York Times). From a trenchant portrait of marriage to an academic satire to an ... Read more

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Sharply observed literary fiction from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group and a "delightfully polished writer" ( The Atlantic Monthly).New York Times–bestselling author Mary McCarthy wrote with "an icily honest eye and a glacial wit that make her portraits stingingly memorable" ( The New York Times). From a trenchant portrait of marriage to an academic satire to an
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On the Contrary

Articles of Belief, 1946-1961

by Mary McCarthy ...

Strikingly relevant and shrewdly observed, Mary McCarthy's On the Contrary collects articles, talks, reviews, travel notes, a short story, and a personal reminiscence by the legendary writer and contrarian. Included is her review of Hannah Arendt's seminal book, The Human Condition, a bitingly funny take on Simone de Beauvoir's account of her visit to the United States in 1947, a candid essay ... Read more

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Strikingly relevant and shrewdly observed, Mary McCarthy's On the Contrary collects articles, talks, reviews, travel notes, a short story, and a personal reminiscence by the legendary writer and contrarian. Included is her review of Hannah Arendt's seminal book, The Human Condition, a bitingly funny take on Simone de Beauvoir's account of her visit to the United States in 1947, a candid essay
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On the Contrary

Articles of Belief, 1946–1961

by Mary McCarthy ...

Mary McCarthy, one of our most brilliant and beloved authors, serves up wit, insight, and her unique worldview in this diverse collection of essaysIn provocatively titled pieces such as "The Contagion of Ideas," "Tyranny of the Orgasm," and "No News, or,What Killed the Dog," Mary McCarthy expresses her frank, unflinching, often contrarian point of view.Nothing—and no one—is safe from her merciless ... Read more

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Mary McCarthy, one of our most brilliant and beloved authors, serves up wit, insight, and her unique worldview in this diverse collection of essaysIn provocatively titled pieces such as "The Contagion of Ideas," "Tyranny of the Orgasm," and "No News, or,What Killed the Dog," Mary McCarthy expresses her frank, unflinching, often contrarian point of view.Nothing—and no one—is safe from her merciless
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How I Grew

by Mary McCarthy ...

The author of The Group, the groundbreaking bestseller and 1964 National Book Award finalist that shaped a generation of women, brings reminiscences of her girlhood to this intimate and illuminating memoirHow I Grew is Mary McCarthy's intensely personal autobiography of her life from age thirteen to twenty-one.Orphaned at six, McCarthy was raised by her maternal grandparents in Seattle, Washington ... Read more

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The author of The Group, the groundbreaking bestseller and 1964 National Book Award finalist that shaped a generation of women, brings reminiscences of her girlhood to this intimate and illuminating memoirHow I Grew is Mary McCarthy's intensely personal autobiography of her life from age thirteen to twenty-one.Orphaned at six, McCarthy was raised by her maternal grandparents in Seattle, Washington
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Ideas and the Novel

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In this eye-opening book, Mary McCarthy shares her love of the novel and her fear that it is becoming an endangered literary species"He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it."So begins Mary McCarthy's fascinating critical analysis of the novel (and its practitioners) from her double-edged perspective as both reader and writer. The bestselling author of The Group takes T. S. Eliot's ... Read more

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In this eye-opening book, Mary McCarthy shares her love of the novel and her fear that it is becoming an endangered literary species"He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it."So begins Mary McCarthy's fascinating critical analysis of the novel (and its practitioners) from her double-edged perspective as both reader and writer. The bestselling author of The Group takes T. S. Eliot's
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Mary McCarthy's Italy

The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed

by Mary McCarthy ...

Captivating portraits of two of the world's most beguiling cities from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Group.Mary McCarthy blends art, politics, religion, music, and history to create unique living portraits of two of Italy's most enchanting cities in these enthralling books now available in one volume.The Stones of Florence: The book Library Journal called "Mary McCarthy's classic" ... Read more

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Captivating portraits of two of the world's most beguiling cities from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Group.Mary McCarthy blends art, politics, religion, music, and history to create unique living portraits of two of Italy's most enchanting cities in these enthralling books now available in one volume.The Stones of Florence: The book Library Journal called "Mary McCarthy's classic"
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