Shirley Hazzard : a writing life / Brigitta Olubas.
"The first biography of Shirley Hazzard, the author of The Transit of Venus and a writer of "shocking wisdom" and "intellectual thrill" (The New Yorker)"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The first biography of Shirley Hazzard, the author of The Transit of Venus and a writer of "shocking wisdom" and "intellectual thrill" (The New Yorker)"-- Olubas draws on Hazzard's fiction, and on an extensive archive of private papers and the memories of surviving friends and colleagues, to create a resonant portrait of an exceptional woman. She traces the complex and intricate processes of self-fashioning that lay behind Hazzard's presence, and shows how her depth of perception and expressive gifts have earned her iconic status. -- adapted from jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 564 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780374113377 0374113378 |