Intellectual Memoirs: New York, 1936-1938

By Mary McCarthy

Book Overview

Mary McCarthy vividly recalls her early years in New York before she began writing novels and stories. At that time, she wrote reviews for the Nation and the New Republic, was active in the American Communist Party, and was married to activist actor/playwright Harold Johnsrud. Foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156447878
• ISBN13: 9780156447874
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Wise

In some ways, I feel MacCarthy's writing soars in her memoirs t even higher heights than in her fiction. She paints a wonderfully compelling picture of a time, a place, gender and politics.