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Homely Girl, A Life: And Other Stories Paperback - 1997
by Miller, Arthur
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Brilliant short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and one of the 20th century's greatest writers. All three prose works in Homely Girl, A Life demonstrate all the insight, precision, and greatness of spirit of Miller's classic plays.
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- Title Homely Girl, A Life: And Other Stories
- Author Miller, Arthur
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York
- Date 1997-01-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0140252797.G
- ISBN 9780140252798 / 0140252797
- Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.03 x 0.33 in (19.71 x 12.78 x 0.84 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
In his long career, Arthur Miller has charted some of the most hidden aspects of the American character, and made us recognize ourselves. With Homely Girl, A Life, he turns his attention to a smaller, more intimate, canvas, but one that in its deceptive delicacy still encompasses a vast range of human fears, ambitions, and desires. Janicethe eponymous homely girlhas hated her face ever since she was a child and her mother held up Ivory Snow advertisements to her, saying, "Now that is beauty." Homely she is, but also fiercely herself. Still,it is not until she falls in love with a blind musician that she feels her full nature unfold in this exquisite portrait of a woman finding a language to describe herself.
Flanked by two stories also set in Manhattan, "Fame" and "Fitter's Night," Homely Girl, A Life pays homage to a city constantly reinventing itselfand to the classic Miller themes of work, honor, and identity.
"Chekhovian . . . deserves praising to the top of the highest skyscraper for its humanity, wit, depth" A.N. Wilson
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- New York Times, 03/16/1997, Page 32
- Publishers Weekly, 11/25/1996, Page 0