Everybody's AutobiographyEverybodys Autobiography is among the very best of Gertrudes writing--[it] speaks with the true and original voice of Gertrude Stein, without apparent art or bravado. --Janet Hobhouse~In 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but this darker and more complex work was long misunderstood and neglected. An account of her experiences as a result of writing a bestseller, Everybodys Autobiography is as funny and engaging as The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but it is also a searing meditation on the meaning of success and identity in America. Posing as the representative American, Stein transforms her story into history--responding to the tradition of Thoreau and Henry Adams, she writes: "I used to be fond of saying that America, which was supposed to be a land of success, was a land of failure. Most of the great men in America had a long life of early failure and a long life of later failure." Everybodys Autobiography is Stein at her most accessible and her most serious, and may yet prove to be among her most popular books. |
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words if no one knew me actually then the things I did would not be what they
were . He did not say it to me but he said it so that it would be true for me . And it
did not trouble me and as it did not trouble me I knew it was not true and a little as
it ...
words if no one knew me actually then the things I did would not be what they
were . He did not say it to me but he said it so that it would be true for me . And it
did not trouble me and as it did not trouble me I knew it was not true and a little as
it ...
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In East Oakland sometimes we knew a great many and sometimes we did not
know any . It does change very much who you know and when you know them .
In East Oakland we knew the people who lived in the houses near us , the people
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In East Oakland sometimes we knew a great many and sometimes we did not
know any . It does change very much who you know and when you know them .
In East Oakland we knew the people who lived in the houses near us , the people
...
Pagina 152
We were in a hotel at Belley and we only knew the people of the hotel and the
people from whom we had bought anything . And then one day , we had noticed
her several times a very good - looking woman who sat at a table behind us and
...
We were in a hotel at Belley and we only knew the people of the hotel and the
people from whom we had bought anything . And then one day , we had noticed
her several times a very good - looking woman who sat at a table behind us and
...
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EVERYBODY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Gebruikersrecensie - KirkusRead this fast, with no stops, no emphases, an unmodulated tone, and it is intelligible. Stop and think and you lose your way. But for the Stein fans, Gertrude Stein is as she is and they like her ... Volledige review lezen
Everybody's Autobiography
Gebruikersrecensie - Not Available - Book VerdictThis marks the pioneer modernist's second title to be recently reprinted ( Geography and Plays , Classic Returns, LJ 1/94), indicating perhaps a Stein renaissance. Stein knew everybody who was anybody ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
What happened after The Autobiography | 9 |
of the Autobiography | 39 |
Preparations for going to America | 84 |
Copyright | |
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Alice Toklas America anyway asked Autobiography began begin believe better Bilignin brother California called Carl certainly Chicago coming cook counting course dead deal decided drive earth eating England English everything exciting father feeling four France French funny gave give happen hear heard inside interesting kind knew known later lecture less listen living look Madame matter mean meet Mike mother move naturally never nice once painter painting Paris perhaps Picabia Picasso play pleasant pleased pleasure reason remember Saint seemed seen sometimes stay stop story street summer suppose surprised talk tell thing thought told took Trac trouble understand walking wanted wife woman worry writing written wrote York young
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