{"product_id":"unfinished-business-notes-of-a-chronic-re-reader-9781250785725","title":"Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice. One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2020. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of our most beloved writers reassess the electrifying works of literature that have shaped her life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI sometimes think I was born reading . . . I can't remember the time when I didn't have a book in my hands, my head lost to the world around me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader\u003c\/i\u003e is Vivian Gornick's celebration of passionate reading, of returning again and again to the books that have shaped her at crucial points in her life. In nine essays that traverse literary criticism, memoir, and biography, one of our most celebrated critics writes about the importance of reading--and re-reading--as life progresses. Gornick finds herself in contradictory characters within D. H. Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, assesses womanhood in Colette's \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shackle\u003c\/i\u003e, and considers the veracity of memory in Marguerite Duras's \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e. She revisits Great War novels by J. L. Carr and Pat Barker, uncovers the psychological complexity of Elizabeth Bowen's prose, and soaks in Natalia Ginzburg, \"a writer whose work has often made me love life more.\" After adopting two cats, whose erratic behavior she finds vexing, she discovers Doris Lessing's \u003ci\u003eParticularly Cats\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGuided by Gornick's trademark verve and insight, \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful appreciation of literature's power to illuminate our lives from a peerless writer and thinker who \"still read s] to feel the power of Life with a capital L.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12516421\"\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250785725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250785723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT007000\"\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Reading\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including the acclaimed memoir\u003ci\u003e Fierce Attachments\u003c\/i\u003e, named the best memoir of the past 50 years by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e in 2019; the essay collections \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Novel of Love \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Men in My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism; and \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Woman and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She began her career as a staff writer for\u003ci\u003e The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e in 1969, and her work has since appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publication\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50823074513193,"sku":"9781250785725","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_396bf4ee-2704-440c-a490-49b55bea5b97.jpg?v=1755666222","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/unfinished-business-notes-of-a-chronic-re-reader-9781250785725","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}