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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Approaching Eye Level
Author: GORNICK VIVIAN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 04/02/2020
Imprint: PICADOR
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
Vivian Gornick's <i>Approaching Eye Level </i>is a brave collection of personal essays that finds a quintessentially contemporary woman (urban, single, feminist) trying to observe herself and the world without sentiment, cynicism, or nostalgia. Whether walking along the streets of New York or teaching writing at a university, Gornick is a woman exploring her need for conversation and connection—with men and women, colleagues and strangers. She recalls her stint as a waitress in the Catskills and a failed friendship with an older woman and mentor, and reconsiders her experiences in the feminist movement, while living alone, and in marriage.
Turning her trademark sharp eye on herself, Gornick works to see her part in things—how she has both welcomed and avoided contact, and how these attempts at connections have enlivened and, at times, defeated her. First published in 1996, <i>Approaching Eye Level</i> is an unrelentingly honest collection of essays that finds Gornick at her best, reminding us that we can come to know ourselves only by engaging fully with the world.
ISBN: 9780374538255
Weight: 300gr
Dimension: 208mm X 135mm
Pages: 176