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A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, National Book Award-winning writer 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."
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"Thurman's savvy profiles of couturiers help us understand that high fashion is about more than what the rich and famous wear to galas."
"She is wildly, often thrillingly allusive."
"Because of the breadth of their topics, Thurman's well-written culture essays in this collection will appeal to many readers, particularly those interested in fashion."
"Masterfully avoiding solipsism and repetition, the author approaches each topic with a fresh eye."
"'The mystery of how we become who we are' is her enduring preoccupation — an enigma whose sanctity she succeeds in preserving even as she unravels it ..."
"Finely crafted, graceful, captivating pieces."
"In terms of the former, several profiles made me hunger for less about the image of the woman in question, and more about her work ..."
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