Fame & Folly: Essays (Pen Literary Award Winner)

From one of America's great literary figures, a new collection of essays on eminent writers and their work, and on the war between art and life. The perilous intersection of writers' lives with public and private domains is the fertile subject of many of these remarkable essays from such literary giants as T. S. Eliot, Isaac Babel, Salman Rushdie, and Henry James.

"A genuine literary education. . . . Each of these pieces is informed, gracefully written and propelled with narrative energy."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A glittering new collection. . . . Each essay shimmers with intelligence."--The New York Times

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 05/27/1997
ISBN: 9780679767541
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.23w x 0.70d
Award: Literary Award - Winner

Review Citations: New York Times 08/24/1997 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 05/19/1997