Pictures from an Institution by Randall Jarrell (1986, Paperback, Reprint) 
Pictures from an Institution by Randall Jarrell (1986, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Pictures from an Institution by Randall Jarrell (1986, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication Date: 1986-03-01
Series: Phoenix Fiction Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0226393747
ISBN-13: 9780226393742
Product ID: EPID72093
Description: Jarrell's one novel is based on his experiences teaching at a women's college.
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Synopsis
Jarrell's one novel is based on his experiences teaching at a women's college.

Details
Publication Date:1986-03-01
Series:Phoenix Fiction Series
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:9.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Gertrude Johnson, a novelist serving as a visiting lecturer at Benton, a girls' college, decides to write a biting satire on intellectual life at the school.

Industry Reviews
"I'm greatly impressed by the...incisive satire, the closeness of observation, and in the end by a kind of sympathy in human life. It's a remarkable book."
Robert Penn Warren

"A most literate account of a group of most literate people by a writer of power...A delight of true understanding."
Wallace Stevens

"[D]elightfully satiric..."
Wall Street Journal - Merle Rubin (06/29/1999)

"Painfully funny."
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