The Amateur: An Independent Life of Letters - Softcover

Críticas

"A deeply humane, modest, and beautifully constructed narration."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Consistently engaging, sly, witty, understated (though still provocative) and written with simple elegance. . . . Like a powerful novel, The Amateur works in mysterious, subterranean ways." --The New York Observer

"Delightful . . . Lesser's writing is clear, strong, shapely and a pleasure to read."
--The Washington Post Book World

Reseña del editor

A renowned cultural observer and critic focuses on the intersection of art and experience in an intellectual memoir that describes coming of age in Berkeley, California, in the 1960s, the events that shaped her life, and the influences of film, theater, art, and literature on her life and work. Reprint.