Lore segal (483 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. National Jewish Book Award Finalist The New Yorker's Best Book of the Year! "For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature."-The New York Times "Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth." - Slate Beloved New Yorker writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane. From the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging. Can the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter? In story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. National Jewish Book Award Finalist The New Yorker's Best Book of the Year! "For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature."-The New York Times "Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth." - Slate Beloved New Yorker writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane. From the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging. Can the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter? In story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.…

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Buongiorno . i servizi all'estero sono sospesi e i voli cancellati, per le conseguenze provocate dalla pandemia da Covid-19. Ne riparleremo a nuova data da destinarsi Bertrand, il caporedattore della rivista di fotoreportage con il quale collaboro perentorio. Le sue parole echeggiano dal vivavoce dello smartphone, buttandomi gi dal letto, alle 5,30 di una fredda mattina del mese di marzo dell'anno 2020. . Nel mondo stanno accadendo eventi inediti . Vivr il soggiorno forzato in solitudine, lontano dai miei cari, tra le mura di casa e scoprendo la realt uscendo fuori per attivit indispensabili o attraverso gli strumenti di lavoro utilizzati quotidianamente: Il personal computer, lo smartphone e il tablet, che sostituiranno le relazioni dal vivo tra gli esseri umani, scattando anche qualche foto a testimonianza. Le storie crude e drammatiche si alternano nei dialoghi tra i diversi protagonisti accomunati dal destino avverso.Condivider con loro opinioni, testimonianze, riflessioni sugli stravolgimenti che provocheranno inesorabilmente una crisi dalle dimensioni planetarie.Verr fuori quanto sia sorprendente il modo in cui le persone reagiscono e abbiano la capacit di adattamento escogitando ognuna a modo proprio, soluzioni diverse e originali.Uno spaccato della nostra storia recente vissuta in prima persona.Antonio Mare. Kulikov, Boris (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Ex-Library. Kulikov, Boris (illustrator).…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Ruzzier, Sergio (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience. Ex-Library. Ruzzier, Sergio (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. At a city hospital the doctors have noticed a marked uptake in Alzheimer's patients. Is it just normal ageing or an epidemic? Is it a coincidence or is Alzheimer's spreading like the common cold? The renowned New Yorker writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lore Segal creates a poignant and profoundly moving portrait of life today - where terrorist paranoia and end-of-the-world hysteria mask deeper fears of mortality, and in which we find tenderness as well as sadness in family life and its complications.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Kulikov, Boris (illustrator).

Zustand: very_good. Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges. Zelinsky, Paul O. (illustrator).

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. Zelinsky, Paul O. (illustrator). …

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Zustand: Good. Mrs. Lovewright was a chilly person. When it got night outside, she closed her door and made herself a fire; then she took off her shoes and put her feet up on the stool, and that's when Mrs. Lovewright knew that there was something and she didn't have it. There's no being cozy without a cat, she said. So here -- back in print -- is the story of Mrs. Lovewright and that cat, who would not and would not be cozy, from acclaimed author Lore Segal and Caldecott-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky. Zelinsky, Paul O. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A brilliant and scathing look at the New York literary scene which was a sensational hit when first released and has remained a cult classic ever since. Fresh as ever, the witty and whimsical novella follows poet Lucinella in her adventures among the literati as she travels from Yaddo-like writers' colonies to the grit of the city, where writers are confronted with questions of how husbands, publishers and filing systems can boost their careers and get their lives in order.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Journal I Did Not Keep is a definitive collection of the writing of beloved New Yorker short story writer Lore Segal. Showcasing her newest stories and memoir, it includes all of her important writing and never before collected work. This career retrospective is an important testament to the long and fascinating life and career of a master storyteller.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Journal I Did Not Keep is a definitive collection of the writing of beloved New Yorker short story writer Lore Segal. Showcasing her newest stories and memoir, it includes all of her important writing and never before collected work. This career retrospective is an important testament to the long and fascinating life and career of a master storyteller.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Half the Kingdom is a brilliant dark comedy about life, death and growing old in post-9/11 America - a place where paranoia and hysteria mask deeper fears about mortality and the broken medical system. Characters from Segal's earlier novels are part of the cast whose lives intersect at Manhattan's Cedars of Lebanon emergency room - where doctors have noticed a growth in Alzheimers. People who seemed perfectly lucid just a day earlier exhibit signs of advanced dementia. Is it just normal aging or a coincidence? Is it an epidemic, or a secret terrorist plot.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Kulikov, Boris (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.