About this title: The author of the highly praised Fierce Attachments explores the fear of loneliness and the search for self-knowledge. Many of us, especially women, find ourselves struggling with both the desire for independence and meaningful work and the need for connections with others. In Approaching Eye Level, Gornick addresses this painful, central issue in ...
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Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 1996. 0807070904. Very lightly used, mild signs of handling at binding edges-unmarked. Nice, used copy. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Beacon Press; Boston; First Printing; 0.76 x 8.18 x 5.65 Inches; 163 pages. read more
Edition: 1st ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780807070901ISBN:0807070904
Description: Book: Very Good. DJ: Good. 8vo. 164 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Mauve cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Mostly blue illustrated dj with a small tear at foot of spine. read more
Description: New in new dust jacket. NEW hardbound in NEW dj. Seven personal pieces about urban single life and author's feminist activities. First book, good writer this. New condition, no marks or wear, clean and bright. 1996, Becon hardbound, 1st ed, 164 pp read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780807070901ISBN:0807070904
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Essays. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A collection of brave personal essays of a contemporary woman. This book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in good condition with a bit of wear along the edges of the spine. The jacket is not price clipped and is in new clear protective covering. read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780807070901ISBN:0807070904
Description: Near Fine. Hardcover with dustjacket, book would be fine but light stain to lower outer edge of textblock. Collection of brave, personal essays is written by an urban, single feminist. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of only minimal use. All pages are undamaged with no significant creases or tears. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
"I liked some of these essays, but sometimes found her analysis of people and relationships overwrought and overly philosophical. There's a weird pomposity to her tone at times; she seems to think she has a lot of insight when it comes to people and relationships, but there is so little that is truly personal in here it's hard to take her very seriously. The tone reminds me of how elite, self-centered NYC women talk to each other over expensive lunches. I guess the main reason I am giving her three stars instead of two is that I did like her essay describing the NYC streets, even though many of the overheard conversations in that passage read as sort of gimmicky and unrealistic all strung together. Most of the time when I overhear people on the street they aren't having a very meaningful or charmingly quirky exchange. The essay is kind of an interesting antidote to the depressed tone of Joan Didion's "Goodbye to All That" NYC essay though. Also, I thought Gornick's "Tribute" essay had it's moments, even if parts of it read as barely concealed sour grapes."
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