| The Unpossessed: A Novel of the Thirties Revised Edition Contributor(s): Slesinger, Tess (Author), Hardwick, Elizabeth (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590170148 ISBN-13: 9781590170144 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Tess Slesinger's 1934 novel, "The Unpossessed" details the ins and outs and ups and downs of left-wing New York intellectual life and features a cast of litterateurs, layabouts, lotharios, academic activists, and fur-clad patrons of protest and the arts. This cutting comedy about hard times, bad jobs, lousy marriages, little magazines, high principles, and the morning after bears comparison with the best work of Dawn Powell and Mary McCarthy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002003054 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.08" W x 7.6" (0.85 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tess Slesinger's 1934 novel, The Unpossessed details the ins and outs and ups and downs of left-wing New York intellectual life and features a cast of litterateurs, layabouts, lotharios, academic activists, and fur-clad patrons of protest and the arts. This cutting comedy about hard times, bad jobs, lousy marriages, little magazines, high principles, and the morning after bears comparison with the best work of Dawn Powell and Mary McCarthy. |