{"product_id":"a-left-handed-woman-essays-9781250872661","title":"A Left-Handed Woman: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 PEN\/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays from Judith Thurman, the National Book Award-winning biographer and \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for more than two decades, has gathered a selection of her essays and profiles in \u003ci\u003eA Left-Handed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. They consider our culture in all its guises: literature, history, politics, gender, fashion, and art, though their paramount subject is the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThurman is one of the preeminent essayists of our time--\"a master of vivisection,\" as Kathryn Harrison wrote in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"When she's done with a subject, it's still living, mystery intact.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Thurman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eCleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesire\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIsak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award for Autobiography\/Biography; and \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette\u003c\/i\u003e. A staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623077286162,"sku":"9781250872661","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1205bec5-7f1c-401f-98fa-415c8be2a6c2.jpg?v=1732590914","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-left-handed-woman-essays-9781250872661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}