Instant Lives

By Howard Moss

Book Overview

A literary humor classic--fractured biographical moments from the lives of great writers and composers. This is a collection of mostly imagined encounters between literary figures and their real or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0841502862
• ISBN13: 9780841502864
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Saturday Review Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lit-Wit at its BEST

Instant Lives features 36 remarkable parodies of famous artists (writers, musicians, artists) -- everyone from Austen to Huxley to Gauguin to Mozart. Every chapter overflows with dry wit mixed with a deep understanding of the artists portrayed. Highly recommend.