Mary McCarthy   Occasional Prose-偶尔的散文

作者：Mary McCarthy  

书名：Occasional Prose《偶尔的散文》  

英文简介：Reading and romance, gardening tips, a farewell to a friend, even an opera retold make up this stellar collection from the bestselling author of "The Group "and "Memories of a Catholic Girlhood"
This intriguing nonfiction collection by Mary McCarthy is a cornucopia of literary delights that challenges the mind and captivates the senses.
"On Rereading a Favorite Book" is McCarthy's reaction to returning to Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina "after more than thirty years. In "Politics and the Novel," she shatters a myth about the American versus European style of storytelling. Acts of reading, when consummated, are akin to "Acts of Love." And "Saying Good-bye to Hannah" is a poignant farewell to the author of "The Human Condition "and, in particular, "The Life of the Mind, "the book Hannah Arendt saw as her crowning achievement.
Whether giving us the story of "La Traviata "in her own words or reviewing a charming and practical book on gardening, McCarthy imbues "Occasional Prose "with her powerful sense of time and place. Uninhibited and uncensored, it filters the world through her unique gifts of observation and novelist's masterful eye for detail. This is a book for anyone interested in the life of the mind--and heart.