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SAGAN(Subject); Sagan, Francoise Night Bird: Conversations With Francoise Sagan 1980 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1078451. ISBN #0517542242 / 9780517542248. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SAGAN(Subject); Sagan, Francoise Night Bird: Conversations With Francoise Sagan 1980 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1078451. ISBN #0517542242 / 9780517542248. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary I still prefer a life that has its ups and downs. A contented, uneventful life is no life at all as far as I'm concerned. I said I thought life was a sick joke. That doesn't mean I'm a pessimist. It may be sick, but it's still a joke; it's still funny. I've no illusions about the absurdity of life, but I'm still cheerful about it. Twenty-six years ago, a short novel called Bonjour Tristesse, written by an unknown eighteen-year-old, was published in France. Called by one reviewer a beautifully written malicious little tale, the story about a young girl who drives her potential stepmother to suicide sold over one million copies, was translated into twelve languages and became a modern classic. Francoise Sagan, its young author, became a legend and her fast life-style a symbol of postwar cynicism. As celebrity-seeking journalists moved in and kept the public informed and misinformed about her expensive tastes, changing lovers, passion for drink, gambling and sports cars, Sagan continued to write novels, plays and film scripts, avoiding the public eye as much as possible. Now, in this extended interview prepared by her French publisher, we have the opportunity to meet the real woman behind the myth. At forty-five we find her witty, simple and dazzlingly profound as she talks about her childhood, love, loneliness, money, fame, politics, drinking, predilections, writing, the theatre and films, friendship, religion, happiness, death, marriage. In these conversations it is clear that Sagan speaks as she writes, and she writes superbly. To read Nightbird is to be in the company of a fascinating woman.
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SALINGER(Subject); Salinger, Margaret A. Dream Catcher: A Memoir Washington Square Press 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1029012. ISBN #0671042815 / 9780671042813. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SALINGER(Subject); Salinger, Margaret A. Dream Catcher: A Memoir Washington Square Press 2000 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1029012. ISBN #0671042815 / 9780671042813. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "My childhood was lush with make-believe: wood sprites, fairies, a bower of imaginary friends, books about lands somewhere East of the Sun and West of the Moon... In real life, however, it was a world that dangled between dream and nightmare on a gossamer thread my parents wove, without the reality of solid ground to catch a body should he or she fall." In her much-anticipated memoir, Margaret A. Salinger writes about life with her famously reclusive father, J.D. Salinger -- offering a rare look into the man and the myth, what it is like to be his daughter, and the effect of such a charismatic figure on the girls and women closest to him. Dream Catcher With generosity and insight, Ms. Salinger has written a book that is eloquent, spellbinding, and wise, yet at the same time retains the intimacy of a novel. Her story chronicles an almost cultlike environment of extreme isolation and early neglect interwoven with times of laughter, joy, and dazzling beauty. She also delves into her parents' lives before her own birth, illuminating their childhoods, their wrenching experiences during World War II, and above all the seeds and real-life inspirations for J.D. Salinger's literary preoccupation with "phonies," protracted innocence, precocious children, and spiritual perfection. Ms. Salinger compassionately explores the complex dynamics of family relationships. Her story is one that seeks to come to terms with the dark parts of her life that, quite literally, nearly killed her, and to pass on a life-affirming heritage to her own child. The story of being a Salinger is unique; the story of being a daughter is universal. This book appeals to anyone, J.D. Salinger fan orno, who has ever had to struggle to sort out who she really is from who her parentsdreamed she might be.
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SAND(Subject); Howe, Marie Jenney George Sand: The Search For Love John Day Company 1927 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Book #or944130. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SAND(Subject); Howe, Marie Jenney George Sand: The Search For Love John Day Company 1927 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Cracked Hinge / still useable. Book #or944130. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
Undated but 1927 edition bound in purple cloth. VG copy, small cloth tear at the base of the spine else VG. Front hinge torn, sewing good.
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SAND(Subject); Maurois, Andre Lelia: The Life Of George Sand Harper & Brothers 1954 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1017941. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SANDBURG(Subject); Golden, Harry Carl Sandburg mass market paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1000625. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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Sandburg, Carl Sandburg Range Harcourt, Brace & co. 1957 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1147572. (keywords: Novelist, Poet) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SARTON(Subject); Sarton, May World Of Light: Portraits And Celebrations 1976 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063629. ISBN #0393075060 / 9780393075069. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SARTON(Subject); Sarton, May World Of Light: Portraits And Celebrations 1976 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1063629. ISBN #0393075060 / 9780393075069. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Its revelations, its tender frankness, its acutely sensitive observations recommend this book to Sarton's growing legion of readers." Choice May Sarton's celebrations in this book center around the friendships that flowered in her life from age twenty-six to age forty-five between the end of I Knew a Phoenix and the beginning of Plant Dreaming Deep . Her subjects include her father, the noted science historian George Sarton; people in the arts Elizabeth Bowen, Louise Brogan, Jean Dominique; and people who lived lives remote from the center Marc, the vigneron of Satigny, in the foothills of the Jura mountains, and Quig, the painter of Nelson, New Hampshire.
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SEXTON, ANNE; (Subject); Middlebrook, Diane W. Anne Sexton : A Biography Houghton Mifflin Company 1991 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or1157084. ISBN #0395353629 / 9780395353622. (keywords: Literary Biography SEXTON ANNE 1928 1974) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHAW(Subject); Shaw, Bernard Selected Prose Of Bernard Shaw hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1122966. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHAW(Subject); St. John, Christopher (Editor) Ellen Terry And Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1116026. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHAW(Subject); St. John, Christopher (Editor) Ellen Terry And Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence G.P. Putnam's Sons 1932 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1158830. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHAW(Subject); Tompkins, Peter (Editor) Young Actress: The Letters Of Bernard Shaw To Molly Tompkins hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Tears and damage to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or1127103. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHAW, BERNARD(Subject); Dietrich, Richard F. Portrait Of The Artist As a Young Superman: A Study Of Shaw's Novel Univ Pr of Florida 1969 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Price clipped. Book #or828255. ISBN #081300277X / 9780813002774. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHELLEY(Subject); Hemphill, Stephanie Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein Balzer + Bray 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119138. ISBN #0061853313 / 9780061853319. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SHELLEY(Subject); Hemphill, Stephanie Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein Balzer + Bray 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119138. ISBN #0061853313 / 9780061853319. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From Stephanie Hemphill, author of the Printz Honor winner Your Own, Sylvia and the acclaimed novel Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, comes the fascinating story of gothic novelist Mary Shelley, most famous for the classic Frankenstein . An all-consuming love affair with famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, a family torn apart by scandal, a young author on the brink of greatness: Hideous Love is the story of the mastermind behind one of the most iconic figures in all of literature, a monster constructed out of dead bodies and brought to life by the tragic Dr. Frankenstein. This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history.
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SIMON(Subject); Fajardo, Sal Jimenez Claude Simon hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or946760. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SNOW(Subject); Greacen, Robert The World of C. P. Snow hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1126643. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SORRENTINO(Subject); Sorrentino, Steven Luncheonette: A Memoir William Morrow 2005 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106770. ISBN #0060728922 / 9780060728922. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SORRENTINO(Subject); Sorrentino, Steven Luncheonette: A Memoir William Morrow 2005 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106770. ISBN #0060728922 / 9780060728922. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary When his father contracted a sudden illness that left him paralyzed, Steven Sorrentino stowed away his dreams of Broadway stardom and returned home to West Long Branch, New Jersey, to help his family out. Taking over Clint's Corner, his father's luncheonette, Steven found himself at the grill flipping porkroll, serving a counter full of eccentrics, and confiding in Dolores, the crusty head waitress with a particular flair for butchering the English language. From this unusual post, Steven watched his ailing father who, though confined to his wheelchair, refused to accept defeat and even managed to further his career in local politics. Somehow, the more his father triumphed, the more Steven's own life seemed to stall. Guilty and confused, Steven made a shocking and desperate decision -- not knowing that he was about to stumble upon the secrets of his father's resilience. Luncheonette is an irresistible true story about the unexpected lessons life brings -- and of the inspiration we find in the least likely places.
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SPARK(Subject); Spark, Muriel Curriculum Vitae: Autobiography 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076073. ISBN #0094696500 / 9780094696501. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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SPARK(Subject); Spark, Muriel Curriculum Vitae: Autobiography 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076073. ISBN #0094696500 / 9780094696501. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The two questions that are put to Muriel Spark most frequently are these: "Are your novels autobiographical?" and "Why did you become a Catholic?" The first of these questions Muriel Spark has consistently deflected. Now in this volume, she gives her readers the answers to both questions. In her first novel, "The Comforters", Mrs Spark wrote about a young woman recently converted to Catholicism who struggles against the will of the novelist who has created her. Many assumed that this reflected the author's own religious experience and self-consciousness about the business of writing fiction. But before then Muriel Spark had already written autobiographical studies and works of literary criticism, and had determined that she would be first and foremost a poet. Muriel Spark writes about her childhood in Edinburgh foreigners were tolerated but the English were something quite different ; she describes her Jewish father, the original Miss Jean Brodie, her marriage and her time in Africa which was the inspiration for "The Go-Away Bird" and so much of her early writing. There have been hints in later novels of her work as a publisher's editor "A Far Cry From Kensington" , her lodgings in London "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" and her work for the Poetry Society. Now Mrs Spark gives a direct account of the people and places which inspired so much of her work.
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Spragg, Mark Where Rivers Change Direction Riverhead Books 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161423. ISBN #1573228257 / 9781573228251. (keywords: RANCH LIFE WYOMING BIOGRAPHY SOCIAL) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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