Mary McCarthy Books

Mary McCarthy's essays on Florence, which originally appeared in The New Yorker, offer an insightful, mesmerizing look into Florence's genealogy, archaeology, art, culture, and political life.

American writer Mary McCarthy and Hannah Arendt, a philosopher who had fled Nazi Germany, met in New York City, and soon became friends. In Between Friends, a complete record of their epistolary dialogue which lasted a remarkable 25 years, the two intellectual celebrities trade ideas about politics, literature, and morality, and share gossip and intimate domestic details.

Pass her in the street and she would turn your head, She looks like she has all the answers. She looks like a woman in control. That is until a trip to Vienna turns into a nightmare. Anonymous phone calls, footsteps following her - a stalker.

Published in 1942, Mary McCarthy's first novel creates a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle.

"The author's personal journey through Florence and Venice, two cities whose names are associated with the Renaissance."--blackwells.co.uk viewed June 29, 2022

Mary McCarthy was a prominent literary figure known for her novels, memoirs, and incisive social criticism. Starting as a theater reviewer, she offered witty commentary on various topics, showcasing her sharp, humorous, and erudite style. This collection of essays spans her career and reflects the cultural controversies in American intellectual life.

Blending memories and family myths, Mary McCarthy takes us back to the twenties, when she was orphaned in a world of relations as colourful, potent and mysterious as the Catholic religion. There were her grandmothers- one was a blood-curdling Catholic who combined piousness and pugnacity; the other was Jewish and wore a veil to hide the disastrous effects of a face-lift. There was wicked Uncle Myers who beat her for the good of her soul and Aunt Margaret who laced her orange juice with castor oil and taped her lips at night to prevent unhealthy 'mouth-breathing'. 'Many a time in the course of doing these memoirs, ' Mary McCarthy says, 'I have wished that I were writing fiction. ' But these were the people, along with the ladies of the Sacred Heart convent school, who helped to inspire her devastating sense of the sublime and ridiculous and her witty, novelist's imagination.

In Philip Roth's intimate intellectual encounters with an international and diverse cast of writers, they explore the importance of region, politics and history in their work and trace the imaginative path by which a writer's highly individualized art is informed by the wider conditions of life. With Primo Levi, Roth discusses the stubborn core of rationality that helped the Italian chemist-writer survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz. With Milan Kundera, he analyzes the mix of politics and sexuality that made him the most subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia. With Edna O'Brien, he explores the circumstances that have forced generations of Irish writers into exile. Elsewhere Roth offers appreciative portraits of two friends--the writer Bernard Malamud and the painter Philip Guston--at the end of their careers, and gives us a masterful assessment of the work of Saul Bellow. Intimate, charming, and crackling with ideas about the interplay between imagination and the writer's historical situation, Shop Talk is a literary symposium of the highest level, presided over by America's foremost novelist.

The Group follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan.

An absorbing novel about a young man's voyage into adulthood, enlivened by Mary McCarthy's needling wit. You have to go away to understand home, you have to lose yourself to find yourself; Mary McCarthy's insight into her young hero - his awkward growing-up, his efforts to understand his time and place - create an authentic and thoughtful slice of cultural history. Hilary Mantel, Booker prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies'

Approaching a liberal arts tradition in the classroom, across the curriculum, and beyond, The McGraw-Hill Reader offers rich and diverse readings in education, the social sciences, business and economics, the humanities, and the sciences. This new eleventh edition offers a new focus on reading and composing across various media; it includes over 100 selections from prominent thinkers and writers; each essay was chosen to provoke critical thought and encourage effective writing.

Exploring the author's girlhood, this intimate memoir offers a reflective look at her formative years. Known for her influential work, the author delves into personal experiences that shaped her identity and perspectives, providing insights into the challenges and triumphs of growing up as a woman. The narrative captures the essence of her journey, illuminating the moments that defined her and resonated with many readers.

In den 60er-Jahren wird die irische Studentin Sheila schwanger, ohne verheiratet zu sein und gibt das Kind unter dem Druck der Umgebung zur Adoption frei. Doch der Gedanke an ihre Tochter lässt sie nie los und 20 Jahre später macht sie sich auf die Suche nach ihr.

Après la mort accidentelle de son mari, Eleanor Ross décide de s'accorder un temps de repos et de réflexion. Confiant son cabinet de psychothérapeute à une remplaçante, elle quitte Dublin pour se mettre au vert. Le petit village qu'elle a choisi, Wicklow, a défrayé la chronique quelques années plus tôt, une femme y ayant été assassinée. Depuis, le crime, resté impuni, n'a cessé de susciter rumeurs et spéculations. Eleanor s'installe au Lodge, un manoir dont la propriétaire, Victoria Laffan, aidée de son neveu Richard, loue des chambres d'hôtes. Bien malgré elle, la jeune femme se trouve plongée dans une atmosphère lourde, chargée de secrets de famille. Et, de surcroît, elle a la surprise de découvrir que le père de Richard n'est autre que l'irrésistible Ryan Brady, son premier amour.

Die Mitvierzigerin Amy wird nach dem Tod ihrer dominanten Mutter von Depressionen geplagt. Als sie von einer mysteriösen alten Schuld ihrer Mutter erfährt, muss Amy sich mit der Vergangenheit auseinandersetzen.

Aus einer Kette halb unerwünschter Begegnungen und Gespräche destilliert Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), eine Klassikerin der modernen amerikanischen Literatur, eine Gesellschaftskomödie, wie sie sich heute nicht turbulenter und geistreicher erleben oder schreiben ließe.

Al villaggio di New Leeds, sulla costa del New England, Martha e John Sinnott tornano dopo lunga assenza per sottrarsi all’ossessione di New York e trovare, nell’isolamento di un luogo sereno, condizioni più favorevoli alla realizzazione delle loro ambizioni professionali, dei loro sogni familiari. Ma nel piccolo paese che passa per un centro di vita intellettuale e artistica, trovano invece un clima negativo, creato dalla presenza di troppo falliti, capaci solo di spacciare i loro vizi come segni di superiorità. E l’analisi spietata della scrittrice spinge inesorabilmente i personaggi verso un’improvvisa, fatale conclusione. Martha, quando incontra il suo primo marito, teme di veder fallire la sua nuova esistenza di moglie; e perderà la vita quando già credeva di essersi salvata.

Die große amerikanische Schriftstellerin erregte mit ihrem Roman Die Clique großes Aufsehen. Nun liegen die Erinnerungen dieser Autorin, Essayistin und Journalistin vor, die über Jahrzehnte die geistigen und politischen Auseinandersetzungen ihrer Zeit mitprägte. Und so ist die Beschreibung ihrer Jugend nicht nur der Bildungsroman einer modernen Intellektuellen, sondern zugleich ein faszinierendes Porträt Amerikas in den dreißiger Jahren.

Cultuurhistorische en cultuurfilosofische beschouwingen van Nederlandse en buitenlandse sprekers.

Román, ktorý sa začína na Vassar College, čo je najstaršia dievčenská vysoká škola v USA. Autorka sleduje osudy ôsmich mladých žien, ktoré krátko po promócii štartujú do života...