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Author:
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989, author.
Title:
Mary McCarthy : novels 1963-1979 : The group ; Birds of America ; Cannibals and missionaries / Thomas Mallon, editor.
Publisher:
The Library of America,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1072 pages ; 21 cm.
Subject:
American literature--20th century.
Other Authors:
Container of (work): McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. Group.
Container of (work): McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. Birds of America.
Container of (work): McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989. Cannibals and Missionaries.
Mallon, Thomas, 1951- editor.
Other Titles:
Novels. Selections
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Cannibals and missionaries. Birds of America -- Cannibals and missionaries.
Summary:
In "The Group" McCarthy weaves together the lives of eight Vassar College graduates during the 1930s as they grapple with sex, sexism, money, motherhood, and family. In "Birds of America" nineteen-year-old Peter Levi travels to Europe as the conflict in Vietnam escalates where he discovers the limits of philosophy in a time of social unrest. "Cannibals and Missionaries", a thriller about an airline hijacking, delves into the psychology of terrorism and the value of art. Also included, the 1970 essay, "The novels that got away", a look at the author's unfinished fiction.
Series:
The Library of America ; 291
ISBN:
9781598535174
159853517X
OCLC:
(OCoLC)952647444
LCCN:
2016946106
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

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