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Lucinella

Lucinella

Segal, Lore

Paperback

Series: Contemporary Art of the Novella

HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

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ISBN10: 1933633794
ISBN13: 9781933633794
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Published: Oct 13 2009
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
Intelligence turns me on.

Lore Segal's tour de force look at the New York literary scene was a hit when it was first released in the 1970s, winning the praise of the literary elite. John Garnder called it magical. William Gass said it was witty, elegant, beautiful. Stanley Elkin called it a shamelessly wonderful novel, so flawless one feels civilized reading it.

It's been a cult classic ever since, and appears here in its full, original text, as fresh as ever: the story of the whimsical New York poet Lucinella and her adventures among the literati. It starts at Yaddo writers colony, where life is idyllic, meals are served to you in your rooms, and cocktails are ready at day's end ... and still the writers complain and compete. Then it moves back to New York City, where the pampered once again face reality, and wonder: Will a different husband ... or the right publisher ... or the perfect filing system ... put life in order?

Lucinella and her circle feel lacking and keep looking, busily going to parties and watching one another 's lives closely for signs of happiness, love and despair.

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