Oppositions

Selected Essays

Oppositions
Mary Gaitskill
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Hardback
h218 x 138mm - 224pg
11 Nov 2021 UK
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9781788168151
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' Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought these days. ' - Eimear McBride Nuanced, daring and tender, these essays from the celebrated author of This is Pleasure and Bad Behavior, consistently fascinate and provoke. Mary Gaitskill takes on a broad range of topics from Nabokov to horse-riding with her unique ability to tease out unexpected truths and cast aside received wisdom. Written with startling grace and linguistic flair, and delving into the complicated nature of love and the responsibility we owe to the people we encounter, the work collected here inspires the reader to think beyond their first responses to life and art. Spanning thirty years of Mary Gaitskill' s writing, and covering subjects as diverse as Dancer in the Dark, the world of Charles Dickens and the Book of Revelation with her characteristic blend of sincerity and wit, Oppositions is never less than enthralling.
' Gaitskill is enormously gifted. ' - The New York Times Book Review ' The range of Gaitskill' s humanity is astonishing' - LA Times ' Gaitskill has long been interested in the power play inherent in sexual relationships, so when it comes to probing the messy, murky topography of abuses of power and issues of consent, she' s definitely the woman for the job. ' - Lucy Scholes ' A writer of prodigious gifts' - Guardian ' Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail. ' - The New York Times
Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To, and Don' t Cry, the novels Veronica, The Mare and Two Girls Fat and Thin, the novella This is Pleasure and the memoir Lost Cat. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper' s, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and the O. Henry Prize Stories.
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ISBN-13: 9781788168151
Published: 11 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 218mm
Width: 138mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 224

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