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)