Most Popular Books by Mary McCarthy

During the Watergate hearings, Mary McCarthy, on commission from The Observer of London, wrote six reports from Washington telling the amazing story of deceit and arrogance in the Nixon administration. She wrote two others for The New York Review of Books, including one that summarizes her view of this terrible American travesty. The reports have been greatly revised and amplified for this book. Here the reader is once again reminded, by sharply drawn portraits, of the characters of Watergate. Here is "sloping-headed, slope-shouldered" Mitchell, who "brought evil into the Caucus Room, and this was not unconnected with the boredom he was able to generate." And "the Keystone comedy cop Tony Ulasewicz"; and Senator Baker, whose "insistent questions about motive suggest that he is playing a TV role of spiritual surgeon and counselor." Maureen ("Mo") Dean appears on the sidelines "in a daily change of costume (sometimes color-harmonizing with her husband)," looking like "a bride who would want fresh jewelry for her honeymoon." Mary McCarthy''s skills as a reporter, her capacity for conveying moral insights, and her great personal style make this book a singular account of an unforgettable--and almost unbearable--time in the history of the republic.--Jacket.

DIVDIVA riveting and unconventional thriller about a motley group of airplane passengers taken hostage by militant hijackers/divDIV En route to Iran, a plane is captured by Middle Eastern terrorists intent on holding hostage the committee of politicians, religious leaders, and activists on a mission to investigate alleged human rights violations by the shah. But the kidnappers soon discover that there is a greater treasure onboard. Among the passengers are prominent art collectors with access to some of the world’s most valuable paintings—priceless works that could fund global terrorist activities for decades./divDIV After the captured plane sets down in a remote Dutch farming collective by the sea, events go rapidly and frighteningly awry. As negotiations with government agencies stall, concerns over rare artwork threaten to trump the regard for human life, and both captors and captives will face bitter truths about their conflicting values, manners, and ideologies as the ticking clock races inexorably toward an explosive endgame./divDIV Mary McCarthy’s masterful Cannibals and Missionaries is a remarkable novel of events and ideas that sheds light on the tragic foibles of human nature while exploring the terrorist psychology with supreme intelligence and insight./divDIV This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate./divDIV/div/div

Sharply observed literary fiction from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Group and a “delightfully polished writer” (The Atlantic Monthly). New York Times–bestselling author Mary McCarthy wrote with “an icily honest eye and a glacial wit that make her portraits stingingly memorable” (The New York Times). From a trenchant portrait of marriage to an academic satire to an unconventional thriller, the three novels in this collection show the range of an author possessed of “an uncanny flair for fastening on detail that has an electric impact on the reader” (The Atlantic Monthly). A Charmed Life: In this New York Times bestseller, former actress and budding playwright Martha Sinnott longs to recapture the “charmed life” she abandoned when she divorced her first husband. So she returns to her beloved New England artists’ colony with her second spouse. But her arrogant ex, Miles, lives dangerously close by with his new wife. And in a pervasive atmosphere of falsehoods and self-delusions, the biggest lie of all is Martha’s belief that her reunion with Miles won’t somehow wreak terrible havoc on all she holds dear. “A glittering tragedy.” —The New York Times The Groves of Academe: College instructor Henry Mulcahy embarks on a fanatical quest to save his job—and enact righteous revenge—in this “brilliantly stinging” satire of university politics during the early Cold War years (The New York Times). “Brilliant . . . Bitterly tongue-in-cheek.” —The New Yorker Cannibals and Missionaries: En route to Iran, a plane is hijacked by Middle Eastern terrorists intent on holding hostage the politicians, religious leaders, and activists on a mission to investigate charges of human rights violations by the Shah. Soon the kidnappers discover a greater treasure onboard: prominent art collectors with access to some of the world’s most valuable paintings—which could fund global terrorism. As both captors and captives confront bitter truths about their conflicting values and ideologies, the clock races toward an explosive endgame. “Tense, intelligent entertainment.” —Chicago Tribune

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Geography of the World Economy provides a stimulating introduction with a historical approach to the theory and practice of economic geography.

This book provides a coherent, comprehensive introduction to urban geography. It offers a historical and process-oriented approach with a North American focus that also provides a global context and comparative international perspective. From a global perspective, the authors examine urban trends and their outcomes in both the developed and the less developed countries in order to understand, analyze, and interpret the landscapes, economies, and communities of towns and cities around the world.

"This volume brings together Miss McCarthy''s lively controversial essays on the theatre from the 1930''s up to the present day. The intelligence and vitality of the author''s analysis brings past productions of Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, Odets, Saroyan, Wilder back to the reader with unique immediacy and freshness. In the modern period, Miss McCarthy discusses the work of Miller, Williams, Graham Greene, William Inge, Paddy Chayevsky, O''Neill and John Osborne. The first quarter of this volume originally appeared in Miss McCarthy''s much celebrated column in Partisan Review, where, from the outset, the author''s uncompromising critical attitude won her an ardent group of followers. From that point on, Mary McCarthy has held a distinguished position as a theatre critic, although the author herself would rather not be classified as much. Unlike many modern critics, sha has the ability to discuss the theatre as a branch of intellectual and social history. For her, the play is an event, which she views with the same ruthless honesty with which she looks at art, politics, literature and life."- Publisher

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Publié en 1963, ce roman est en quelque sorte le pendant fictionnel de La Femme mystifiée, de Betty Friedan, publié la même année. A travers les histoires de ces jeunes femmes aux prises avec le sexe, le mariage, la maternité, la vie domestique et la vie professionnelle, Mary McCarthy parvient à mettre des mots sur les frustrations féminines. Paru en France chez Stock en 1965 sous le titre Le Groupe, repris en poche par Folio en 1983, un roman culte à redécouvrir dans la collection Vintage ! C''était en juin 1933 ; huit amies, Kay, Dottie, Mary, Priss, Libby, Elinor, Helena et Polly, obtenaient leur diplôme. Huit jeunes filles brillantes, pleines de rêves, d''envies et de désirs, qui entamaient leur vie adulte. Moins d''une décennie plus tard, c''est à sept qu''elles se rendront à l''enterrement de la huitième. Entre-temps, il y aura eu l''amour, le couple, les enfants, la vie professionnelle, la vie domestique, les espoirs déçus, la difficulté à trouver sa place, les petites joies, les grandes désillusions... Paru en 1963, et en 1965 en France, Des filles brillantes est une œuvre culte aux États-Unis. Des générations de jeunes femmes se sont reconnues dans ces portraits aussi saisissants que touchants, dans ce tableau moderne des aspirations féminines étouffées par une société américaine encore fortement marquée par un patriarcat d''un autre âge. Une lecture toujours d''une vive actualité, à redécouvrir d''urgence. Traduit de l''anglais (États-Unis) par Antoine Gentien et Jean-René Fenwick.

Torna, in una nuova edizione, il capolavoro di Mary McCarthy: un ritratto di gruppo al femminile caustico e feroce, la storia di otto ragazze dell''alta borghesia americana, dagli anni del college a una «maturità» fatta di delusioni e tradimenti, sogni e bruschi risvegli. Il «gruppo» del titolo è costituito da otto inseparabili amiche, rigorosamente upper class, compagne di studi al prestigioso Vassar College (una sorta di Harvard al femminile). Dopo la laurea, nel 1933, iniziano tutte a inseguire qualcosa di diverso da ciò che il destino ha loro assegnato, ma collezionano errori e sconfitte. Il romanzo segue a turno le otto amiche nelle loro vicende erotiche e familiari, che passano attraverso matrimoni poco felici, tradimenti, ma anche attraverso scelte meno convenzionali e molto più sorprendenti. Un romanzo affilato, di ampio respiro, in perfetto equilibrio tra satira e tragedia, e un ritratto impeccabile dell''America di Roosevelt e del New Deal, sospesa tra sogni di rigenerazione collettiva e il permanere di un classismo spesso brutale.

Hannah Arendt und Mary McCarthy lernen sich 1945 in einer Bar in Manhattan kennen, werden Freundinnen und schreiben einander über 25 Jahre lang Briefe. Darin tauschen sich die beiden » femmes de lettres«, die nicht nur leidenschaftlich denken, sondern genauso leben, beherzt und unvoreingenommen über all das aus, was sie bewegt: Politik, Zeitgenossen, Bücher und Männer. Ihre Freundschaft in Briefen ist nicht nur ein einzigartiges zeitgeschichtliches Dokument, sondern auch das Vermächtnis der außergewöhnlichen Beziehung zweier kluger und berühmter Frauen - tiefgründig, offen, berührend und spannend wie ein guter Roman.

Cuando se cumplen cien años del nacimiento de Hannah Arendt, reeditamos un documento fundamental para entender no solo la obra y la vida de la gran pensadora alemana sino también la biografía moral, política e intelectual de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. La correspondencia que la autora de Eichmann en Jerusalén o Los orígenes del totalitarismo mantuvo a lo largo de veinticinco años con Mary McCarthy, una de las novelistas y ensayistas norteamericanas más brillantes del pasado siglo, constituye, en efecto, un diálogo inteligentísimo, edificante, ameno e iluminador sobre la historia y la cultura de Europa y Estados Unidos desde los años posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta las secuelas de los movimientos del 68, además del emotivo testimonio de una amistad -intensa y vibrante- entre dos de las mujeres más lúcidas de su tiempo. La crítica ha dicho... «Uno de los diálogos más inteligentes que se han dado en el siglo.» The New York Times «Un agudo diagnóstico de nuestro tiempo.» The Washington Post «Da testimonio de una delicada situación geopolítica, la que puso en relación a la hegemónica potencia estadounidense con una maltrecha Alemania que trataba de rehacerse —ya no solo materialmente, sino identitariamente— después de más de una década bajo el régimen nazi. [...] Amén del cuidadoso y lúcido análisis sociocultural, el volumen también da cuenta de la relación entre dos mujeres de gran y diversa inteligencia, capaces de iluminarse entre sí y de encontrar formas de discurso alternativas en una intimidad descapitalizada, abierta, honesta». Zenda «El vocabulario que empleó [Arendt] para pensar y narrar el mundo, sus reflexiones y esa escritura tan bella, tan suya, nos ayudan a interpretar lo que nos ocurre, aunque solo sea como simples enanos mirando el mundo a hombros de gigantes. Ella, desde luego, lo fue.» Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán, Babelia «Hannah Arendt volvió a pensar el espacio público después de su destrucción y nosotros debemos volver a ella para prevenir que se destruya de nuevo.» Andreu Jaume «[McCarthy posee] una de las plumas más ágiles y más divertidamente corrosivas de la literatura anglosajona del siglo xx.» Fernando Schwartz, El País «Lo destacable de la escritura de McCarthy es esa nitidez de pensamiento,esa conciencia en estado de claridad que puede mirar a su alrededor sin dejar de verse a sí misma.» Lourdes Ventura, El Cultural «Discuten, se critican, se admiran, se leen, se echan de menos. Se cuentan sus problemas, sus altibajos, sus alegrías, sus relaciones personales. En fin, lo habitual entre dos amigas, pero con el ingenio, la espontaneidad y la fluidez que ambas empleaban en el oficio literario que ocupaba su existencia». Ana M. Serrano, Loff «El testimonio de una excelente y conmovedora amistad. [...] Un libro valioso y ameno.» Los Angeles Time

Questa è la storia di una bambina che perde entrambi i genitori a sei anni e viene affidata alle «cure» di nonni e prozii troppo bigotti per distinguere il confine tra la pedagogia e il sadismo, e che in seguito viene salvata da una coppia di nonni più affettuosi e bonari ma altrettanto severi nel loro conformismo sociale. È la storia di un''educazione rigida e di infiniti passaggi, da un collegio religioso all''altro, da Minneapolis a Seattle, da una famiglia cattolica a una protestante. Ma è anche una storia di scoperte e innamoramenti, di accesi litigi e comici malintesi: tra discussioni teologiche con i padri gesuiti sull''esistenza di Dio, recite scolastiche ambientate nell''antica Roma repubblicana, gite istruttive ai parchi naturalistici che si tramutano in rocamboleschi tour de force alcolici, vere o presunte iniziazioni sessuali, letture proibite e appuntamenti clandestini, la personalità della bambina lascia gradualmente il posto a quella di un''adolescente ribelle e infine a quella di una giovane donna lucida e coraggiosa, aliena alle convenzioni e a ogni forma di moralismo. Pubblicato originariamente nel 1957, Ricordi di un''educazione cattolica è un memoir appassionante come i migliori romanzi di formazione, che unisce il ritratto di un''epoca e la dolorosa confessione personale. Con una prefazione di Michela Murgia.