| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 247 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Collection of 14 essays, most of which were originally published in t New Yorker (1987-1995) and Vogue (1992-1995). |
| Contents |
Ornament and silence : Virginia Woolf -- Going on : Nina Berberova -- Warmed through and through : Edith Wharton -- My sister, myself -- A normal man : Henri Matisse and his women -- Love, longing, and letters : Louise Colet -- Traps and damask roses -- Fritillaries and hairy violets : Miriam Rotschild -- Stones of his house : Paul Scott -- Valentina -- The poet of everyday life : |
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Johannes Vermeer -- Meat -- Demented pilgrimage : Germaine Greer -- There at the New Yorker : the novel I never wrote for William Shawn. |
| Subject |
Women authors.
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Women artists.
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Authors' spouses.
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Artists' spouses.
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| ISBN |
0394585399 |
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