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In Praise of Messy Lives
Katie Roiphe
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Description for In Praise of Messy Lives
Paperback. 'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days?.. We are bequeathed on earth one very short life, and it might be good, one of these days, to make sure that we are living it.' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days? . . . We are bequeathed on earth one very short life, and it might be good, one of these days, to make sure that we are living it.'
In this powerful, unified and vital work Katie Roiphe touches on everything from the romantic ambivalence of Jane Austen to the cast of Mad Men whilst delivering a collection of autobiographical pieces that are by turns, deeply moving, self-critical, razor-sharp, entertaining and unapologetic in their defence of 'messy lives'.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782112082
SKU
V9781782112082
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-74
About Katie Roiphe
Katie Roiphe is a professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. She writes a column on life, literature, and politics for Slate and writes for The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review and other publications. She lives in New York.
Reviews for In Praise of Messy Lives
Brilliant and unflinching, on everything from divorce to Mad Men to sex to the food we eat. Every sentence is an eye-opener
India Knight [A] devastatingly good new book
Dwight Garner
The New York Times
Roiphe strides across the modern culture with [these] magnificent essays . . . In Praise of Messy Lives is a worthy successor [to Joan Didion]
Joy Lo Dico
Independent on Sunday
Daring, vivid, combative . . . the refreshing irreverence of her book might well be unique among writers of her generation
Wall Street Journal
I am in awe of Roiphe's style and range, her scholarly attention to detail, that she clearly has an impressive intellect... Roiphe is a brilliant writer and thinker
Sarah Vine
The Times
An edgy, subversive critique of this dreary era
Independent
No sacred cow, exalted personage, or sanctimonious hypocrisy is safe from the sharp eye of Katie Roiphe. In In Praise of Messy Lives, she delivers timely, coruscating verdicts on everything from working women's fantasies to Philip Roth to the rage of Gawker. An essential read for our cultural confusion
Tina Brown Katie Roiphe is one of the most insightful, exciting writers of her generation. She's daring, fierce, and entirely original.
Gay Talese
Roiphe's writing is prickly and provocative...courageous, and most welcome when it cuts deep.
Publisher's Weekly
Her work is personal, and often topical, funnelling her ideas about the world while exploring popular culture or politics
Irish Times
India Knight [A] devastatingly good new book
Dwight Garner
The New York Times
Roiphe strides across the modern culture with [these] magnificent essays . . . In Praise of Messy Lives is a worthy successor [to Joan Didion]
Joy Lo Dico
Independent on Sunday
Daring, vivid, combative . . . the refreshing irreverence of her book might well be unique among writers of her generation
Wall Street Journal
I am in awe of Roiphe's style and range, her scholarly attention to detail, that she clearly has an impressive intellect... Roiphe is a brilliant writer and thinker
Sarah Vine
The Times
An edgy, subversive critique of this dreary era
Independent
No sacred cow, exalted personage, or sanctimonious hypocrisy is safe from the sharp eye of Katie Roiphe. In In Praise of Messy Lives, she delivers timely, coruscating verdicts on everything from working women's fantasies to Philip Roth to the rage of Gawker. An essential read for our cultural confusion
Tina Brown Katie Roiphe is one of the most insightful, exciting writers of her generation. She's daring, fierce, and entirely original.
Gay Talese
Roiphe's writing is prickly and provocative...courageous, and most welcome when it cuts deep.
Publisher's Weekly
Her work is personal, and often topical, funnelling her ideas about the world while exploring popular culture or politics
Irish Times