{"product_id":"the-journal-i-did-not-keep-new-and-selected-writing-9781685891947","title":"The Journal I Did Not Keep: New and Selected Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature, as this generous sampler attests.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Segal is a monumental writer, one of the finest of her generation; this lovely collection is a fine introduction to her work.\"\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There are many standouts in the collection, but its single greatest strength is the consistency of Segal's voice, apparent from the very first paragraph of the opening piece...\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA DEFINITIVE COLLECTION FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST WRITERS--INCLUDING NEW AND NEVER-BEFORE-COLLECTED WORK \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ewriter comes this essential volume spanning almost six decades. Admired for \"a voice unlike any other\" (Cynthia Ozick) and a style both \"wry and poignant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), Lore Segal is a master literary stylist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume collects some of her finest work--including new and uncollected writing--and selections from her novels, stories, and essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her very first story--which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1961--to today, Segal's voice has been unique in contemporary American literature: Hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSegal has often used her own biography as both subject and inspiration: At age ten she was sent on the Kindertransport from Vienna to England to escape the Nazi invasion of Austria; grew up among English foster families; and eventually made her way to the United States. This experience was the impetus for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOther People's Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, and one that she has revisited throughout her career. \u003cbr\u003e From that beginning, Segal's writing has ranged widely across form as well as subject matter. Her flawless prose and light touch belie the rigor and intelligence she brings to her art--qualities that were not missed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reviewer who pointedly observed, \"though it was not written by a man . . . Segal may have come closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith this volume comes a long-awaited career retrospective of an important American Writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLORE SEGAL is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist S\u003ci\u003ehakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eHalf the Kingdom, Lucinella, Other People's Houses \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHer First American\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the American Academy and the Institutes of Arts and Letters Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The O'Henry Prize and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other publications. She has also written children's books and translates from the German. Segal lives and works in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCATHERINE LACEY is author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNobody is Ever Missing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eCertain American States\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878070423826,"sku":"9781685891947","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0402c6a-d06f-4c0f-802f-1cc649cc6b4c.jpg?v=1738211174","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-journal-i-did-not-keep-new-and-selected-writing-9781685891947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}