Intellectual Memoirs: New York, 1936-1938 (Harvest Book) - Softcover

McCarthy, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156447878 ISBN 13: 9780156447874

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics, 1993

Synopsis

Intellectual Memoirs In these memoirs, written before her death in 1989, the acclaimed author of The Group chronicles the breakup of her first marriage, her move to Greenwich Village, and the checkered beginnings of her literary career. Captures McCarthy in the act of becoming a writer--and a literary personality. Full description

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Product Description:

Mary McCarthy vividly recalls her early years in New York before she began writing novels and stories. At that time, she wrote reviews for the Nation and the New Republic, was active in the American Communist Party, and was married to activist actor/playwright Harold Johnsrud. Foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick.

About the Author:

MARY MCCARTHY (1912-1989) was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist, and critic. She was the author of The Stones of Florence and Birds of America, among other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0156447878
• ISBN 13: 9780156447874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144