A Plea for Eros - by Siri Hustvedt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From the author of the international bestseller <i>What I Loved, </i> a provocative collection of autobiographical and critical essays about writing and writers.</p><p>Whether her subject is growing up in Minnesota, cross-dressing, or the novel, Hustvedt's nonfiction, like her fiction, defies easy categorization, elegantly combining intellect, emotion, wit, and passion. With a light touch and consummate clarity, she undresses the cultural prejudices that veil both literature and life and explores the multiple personalities that inevitably inhabit a writer's mind. Is it possible for a woman in the twentieth century to endorse the corset, and at the same time approach with authority what it is like to be a man? Hustvedt does. Writing with rigorous honesty about her own divided self, and how this has shaped her as a writer, she also approaches the works of others--Fitzgerald, Dickens, and Henry James--with revelatory insight, and a practitioner's understanding of their art.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Clear, elegant writing ... Readers will find both emotional and intellectual resonance in Hustvedt's deeply personal essays." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><p>"As accomplished and intelligent as the author's fiction--which is saying a lot." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Siri Hustvedt </b>is the author of <i>The </i><i>B</i><i>lindfold</i> and <i>The Enchantment of Lily Dahl</i>, which are available from Picador. Her essays on art, <i>Mysteries of the Rectangle</i>, are available from Princeton Architectural Press. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Paul Auster.</p>
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