Mary Mccarthy: the Complete Fiction
Author | : Mary McCarthy |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781598535181 |
ISBN-13 | : 1598535188 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mary Mccarthy: the Complete Fiction written by Mary McCarthy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-five years ago Mary McCarthy provoked a scandal with her electrifying debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), announcing the arrival of a major new voice in American literature. This volume collects this and all her subsequent work The Oasis (1949), The Groves of Academe (1952), A Charmed Life (1955), her most famous novel, The Group (1963), Birds of America (1971), and Cannibals and Missionaries (1979), as well as all eight short stories. As a special feature, this collection also contains McCarthy's 1979 essay 'The Novels that Got Away,' on her unfinished fiction.