News from the World – Stories and Essays - Softcover

Fox, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393342344 ISBN 13: 9780393342345

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

This gathering of Paula Fox s short work spans her illustrious career, from 1965 to the present including perfectly turned stories; pointed, engaging essays; and raw yet eloquent memoir."

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Review:

Paula Fox is one of our greatest writers. Her prose is a model of ruthless, gorgeous efficiency and her mind is so unnervingly alert to the messy contradictions that come with being human. These essays and stories will delight and inspire anyone who cares about literature, storytelling, and truth itself.--Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives

Paula Fox's essays and short stories all display a spare, marvelous luminosity. The author's irreducible voice it was the same with Virginia Woolf can always be heard, whatever the genre.--Thomas Mallon, author of Fellow Travelers

Fox s style isjagged, elliptical at times and even rough. In fact it has a uniqueexpressiveness; an industrial, not a jeweler s diamond, and used for cutting, not display. --Richard Eder

The unfettered voicefound in Fox s wide-ranging personal essays [lingers] in the memory. --Megan O'Grady

Leaves the readerwith a bolstering sense of having been enriched by a view of the world at oncerigorously thoughtful and deeply felt.

Fox 's style is jagged, elliptical at times and even rough. In fact it has a unique expressiveness; an industrial, not a jeweler 's diamond, and used for cutting, not display. --Richard Eder

The unfettered voice found in Fox 's wide-ranging personal essays [lingers] in the memory. --Megan O'Grady

Fox s style is jagged, elliptical at times and even rough. In fact it has a unique expressiveness; an industrial, not a jeweler s diamond, and used for cutting, not display. --Richard Eder"

Leaves the reader with a bolstering sense of having been enriched by a view of the world at once rigorously thoughtful and deeply felt. "

The unfettered voice found in Fox s wide-ranging personal essays [lingers] in the memory. --Megan O'Grady"

About the Author:

Paula Fox (1923--2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow's Children, A Servant's Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393342344
• ISBN 13: 9780393342345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224