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The Amateur: An Independent Life Of Letters

by Wendy Lesser

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This unique memoir traces the life of the mind. Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser considers her choices in pursuing the vocation of a self-described 18th-century "man of letters." Wise and elegant, The Amateur: An Independent Life of Le... Read more
This unique memoir traces the life of the mind. Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser considers her choices in pursuing the vocation of a self-described 18th-century "man of letters." Wise and elegant, The Amateur: An Independent Life of Letters describes the education, experiences and unquenchable passion for art and literature that have molded and intensified Lesser`s understanding of the world. A shrewd cultural observer, the author reveals how she found a way to live independently as a writer, editor and critic, free to follow her learned, adventurous spirit wherever it carries her.   Less

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File size8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 in
Print pages288
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date March 7, 2000
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780375703812
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Wendy Lesser
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Wendy Lesser is the founder and editor of The Threepenny Review and the author of a novel and several books of nonfiction, including Music for Silenced Voices and Why I Read, which garnered rave revie...

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