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Learning to Drive : And Other Life Stories
de Pollitt, Katha
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400063329
- ISBN 13
- 9781400063321
- Librería
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Sinopsis
Celebrated for her award-winning political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha Pollitt now shows us another side of her talent. Learning to Drive is a surprising, revealing, and entertaining collection of stories drawn from the author's own life.With deep feeling and sharp insight, Pollitt writes about the death of her father; the sad but noble final days of a leftist study group of which she was a member; and the betrayal and heartbreak inflicted by a man who seriously deceived her. (Her infinitely patient, gentle driving instructor points out her weakness--"Observation, Katha, observation!") She also offers a candid view of her preoccupation with her ex-lover's haunting presence on the Internet, and her search there for a secret link that might provide a revelation about him that will Explain Everything.Other topics include the differences between women and men--"More than half the male members of the Donner party died of cold and starvation, but three quarters of the females survived, saved by that extra layer of fat we spend our lives trying to get rid of"--and the practical implications of political theory: "What if socialism--all that warmhearted folderol about community and solidarity and sharing was just an elaborate con job, a way for men to avoid supporting their kids?"Learning to Drive demonstrates that while Katha Pollitt is undeniably one of our era's most profound observers of culture, society, and politics, she is just as impressively a wise, graceful, and honest observer of her own and others' human nature.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Better World Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 5769821-6
- Título
- Learning to Drive : And Other Life Stories
- Autor
- Pollitt, Katha
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1400063329
- ISBN 13
- 9781400063321
- Editorial
- Random House Publishing Group
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007008383
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