Narcissus Leaves the Pool

Narcissus Leaves the Pool
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0618872167
ISBN-13 : 9780618872169
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Book Synopsis Narcissus Leaves the Pool by : Joseph Epstein

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".


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