Narcissus Leaves the Pool
Author | : Joseph Epstein |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2007-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 0618872167 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780618872169 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Download or read book Narcissus Leaves the Pool written by Joseph Epstein and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epstein's sixth collection of personal pieces winningly and brilliantly rounds off his 23-year tenure as editor of "The American Scholar". Among the topics covered are naps, Gershwin aging, name-dropping, long books, pet peeves, talent vs. genius, Anglophilia, and surgery--the head and the heart. Excerpted in "The New Yorker".