books by Francine Prose     books:     Francine Prose      Goldengrove: A Novel Francine Prose Harper, 2008 Love & Grief Hit Like a Tsunami; How Can This Family Return to Life? I've always loved the novels of Francine Prose. Until reading 'Goldengrove', my favorite has been 'Blue Angel'. It's now a toss-up. Francine Prose can write! I don't mean to sound arrogant but I can't bear to read a book that has an 'interesting' plot or an ...             The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired Francine Prose Harper Perennial, 2003 Lots of inspiring information I didn't know much about any of these women except Lou Salome and Yoko Ono before I read "Lives of the Muses," but I enjoyed learning about all of them. I found Lee Miller's ability to be both artist and muse especially inspiring.             Bullyville Francine Prose HarperTeen, 2008 Feed me a cliche--no, don't! If you have ever read a human interest story about someone you knew, and said to yourself, "That reporter either got snowed or wrote the story before meeting the guy," this is a book for you. Bart's mother's life is saved because he's home sick from school. "Miracle ...             Cousin Bette (Modern Library Classics) Honoré de Balzac Modern Library, 2002 Don't Miss Balzac This is a wonderfully convoluted plot with the insight and delightful prose you would expect of Balzac. A couple of times you wonder if perhaps Balzac changed his mind on the direction of the plot in "mid-stream." But his firm grasp of the characters makes you care ...             A High Wind in Jamaica (New York Review Books Classics) Richard Hughes NYRB Classics, 1999 Riding The Torrent Richard Hughes's 1929 odyssey, A High Wind In Jamaica -- which has been included in the Modern Library's List of "The 100 best English-language novels of the century"--forces the reader to revisit that moment when children lose their innocence to the world; that ...             Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.) Francine Prose Harper Perennial, 2007 Read Well to Write Well Author Francine Prose's latest non-fiction book Reading Like a Writer, a Guide for People who Love Books and for Those who Want to Write Them, brings to the study to literature exactly what the study of literature needs: literature. She reads a text for what it offers ...             After Francine Prose HarperTeen, 2004 Aside from Camp-Turn-Around and the ending, "After" was a great book Before I praise After, I will admit that I did have two issues with the book. The first was that you never learn exactly WHAT happens at Camp Turn-a-round, which is where they send the "bad" kids that won't conform. I mean there are some clues, but I would have liked ...             Italy: The Best Travel Writing from the New York Times Olivier Bernier, Frank Bruni, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2005 Great Gift I got this beautiful book for two dear friends, brilliant musicians, who will be traveling to Italy soon. They were entranced, and have thanked me several times, saying the book makes them feel "as if we are already in Italy."             Blue Angel: A Novel (P.S.) Francine Prose Harper Perennial, 2006 An entertaining and ambiguous cautionary tale. Sort of in the tradition of David Mamet's "Oleanna," but far more humorous, the talented Francine Prose introduces us to Ted Swenson, a 47 year old tenured writing professor with a seemingly story-book life: attractive adoring wife (Sherrie), one time author of a ...             A Changed Man: A Novel (P.S.) Francine Prose Harper Perennial, 2006 Brilliant Ms. Prose deserves a wider following. She has a scalpel for an eye and can dissect and lay open suburban and metropolitan pretense in a crisp phrase. Her dialogue is impeccable -- there is not a single word of it that rings false in this entire book. A fascinating ...             Tin House: Evil (Tin House) Francine Prose, Nick Flynn, ... Tin House Magazine, 2007 In this issue of Tin House some of today's most prominent writers examine evil in its various manifestations, from war to torture to Satanism. Featured here, among others, are works by Francine Prose, author of A Changed Man, Nick Flynn, author of the award-winning collection of poems Some Ether, and Chris Adrian, whose short fiction has ...             A House and Its Head (New York Review Books Classics) Ivy Compton-Burnett NYRB Classics, 2001 Another gem from the NYRB Press I'm beginning to become addicted to these little neglected treasures that the NYRB Press is reissuing. Not only are the editions themselves little marvels (with beautiful and well-chosen color covers and gorgeous paper stock), but whoever is making the choices for ...             Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice ... Barbara Wallraff, Francine Prose Harvest Books, 2001 Lively language I first saw this book in paperback and was tempted to buy it. But when I realized that it was more than a read-once, in fact a reference book, I ordered the hardback - a terrific exploration of far more than grammar, despite Barbara Wallraff's email moniker at The ...             Women Who Write Stefan Bollman Merrell, 2007 full of beautiful photos, drawings and images of women writers At first glance, Women Who Write appears to be a gorgeous coffee table book full of beautiful photos, drawings and images of women writers. However, if you begin with the compelling, thought-provoking foreward by Francine Prose, and work your way through the book in ...             A Scrap of Time and Other Stories (Jewish Lives) Ida Fink Northwestern University Press, 1995 An exceptional collection of short stories A Scrap of Time is a collection of short stories that masterfully presents the Holocaust experience from the perspective of survivors, witnesses, and victims in the villages of occupied Poland. Acts of personal courage, the day to day decisions that meant life or ...          products you might be interested in search for books bullyville, classics, goldengrove, inspired, language, punished      toavi.com    web we recommend An entertaining and ambiguous cautionary tale. randomly chosen book: Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee