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One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. This collection of New Yorker Profiles presents readers with a portrait gallery of some of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. These Profiles are literary-journalistic investigations into character and accomplishment, motive and madness, beauty and ugliness, and are unrivalled in their range, their variety of style, and their embrace of humanity.

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Life Stories, David Remnick

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2001
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Title
Life Stories
Language
English
Released
2001
Format
Paperback
Pages
624
ISBN10
0375757511
ISBN13
9780375757518
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One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. This collection of New Yorker Profiles presents readers with a portrait gallery of some of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. These Profiles are literary-journalistic investigations into character and accomplishment, motive and madness, beauty and ugliness, and are unrivalled in their range, their variety of style, and their embrace of humanity.