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A Left-Handed Woman

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A Left-Handed Woman

By: Judith Thurman
Narrated by: Kim Niemi
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WINNER OF THE 2023 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY

A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, the National Book Award-winning biographer and New Yorker staff writer.

Judith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades, has gathered a selection of her essays and profiles in A Left-Handed Woman. They consider our culture in all its guises: literature, history, politics, gender, fashion, and art, though their paramount subject is the human condition.

Thurman is one of the preeminent essayists of our time—"a master of vivisection," as Kathryn Harrison wrote in the New York Times. "When she's done with a subject, it's still living, mystery intact."

©2022 Judith Thurman (P)2023 Tantor Art Essays Literary History & Criticism
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I stumbled across this book in the Plus Catalogue and hadn't heard of the writer before, but it is hands-down one of the best books I've ever read/listened to. Thurman's prose is both rich and nuanced , her knowledge vast and she brings each subject she examines to life in ways you couldn't imagine. Credit too must go to the beautiful narration, which does justice to Thurman's language and rhythm. I was sad I got to the end.

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