{"product_id":"conversations-with-mary-mccarthy-carol-gelderman-9781617030147","title":"Conversations with Mary McCarthy","description":"For over half a century Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was at the center of intellectual life in America. Both through her writing--she published twenty-four books and countless reviews and essays--and through her personal involvement--from protesting Stalinism in the thirties and forties to opposing the war in Vietnam in the sixties and seventies--she helped to shape American thought and culture. She became a respected critic and was a founding editor of \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fresh out of college, she set the literary world astir with a series of articles attacking the mediocrity of America's book reviewers. She very naturally gravitated to the center of controversy and remained caustic and forthright to the end of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The interviews collected in this book reveal a fascinating life and the brilliant mind of a born conversationalist. With a riveting, liberal intellect that could attach itself to any worthy topic, Mary McCarthy was a great and entertaining talker, able to dissect politics, literature, or nincompoops. These interviews reveal Mary McCarthy's grand-scale mind and give facts about her biography. She was always interested in finding out the truth. \"I believe there is a truth,\" she said, \"and that it's knowable.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Gelderman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617030147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617030147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Carol Gelderman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125049716991,"sku":"9781617030147","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbadab19-5e65-4993-a6bc-a8529a73f5b0.jpg?v=1687440342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-mary-mccarthy-carol-gelderman-9781617030147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}