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Lillian Hellman: An Imperious Life (Jewish Lives)
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From The Prizewinning Jewish Lives Series, A Fresh Look At Lillian Hellmans Restless Life, Her Extraordinary Plays, And Her Autobiographical Mythsa Fastflowing, Deeply Provocative Portrait Of A Seductive, Truculent, And Audacious Literary Powerhouse.Booklistglamorous, Talented, Audaciouslillian Hellman Knew Everyone, Did Everything, Had Been Everywhere. By The Age Of Twentynine She Had Written The Childrens Hour, The First Of Four Hit Broadway Plays, And Soon She Was Considered A Member Of Americas First Rank Of Dramatists, A Position She Maintained For More Than Twentyfive Years. Apart From Her Literary Accomplishmentseight Original Plays And Three Volumes Of Memoirshellman Lived A Rich Life Filled With Notable Friendships, Controversial Political Activity, Travel, And Love Affairs, Most Importantly With Dashiell Hammett. But By The Time She Died, The Truth About Her Life And Works Had Been Called Into Question. Scandals Attached To Her Name, Having To Do With Sex, With Money, And With Her Own Veracity. Dorothy Gallagher Confronts The Conundrum That Was Lillian Hellmana Woman With A Capacity To Inspire Outrage As Often As Admiration. Exploring Hellmans Leftist Politics, Her Jewish And Southern Background, And Her Famous Testimony Before The House Unamerican Activities Committee, Gallagher Also Undertakes A New Reading Of Hellmans Carefully Crafted Memoirs And Plays, In Which She Is Both Revealed And Hidden. Gallagher Sorts Through The Facts And The Myths, Arriving At A Sharply Drawn Portrait Of A Woman Who Lived Large To The End Of Her Remarkable Life And Never Backed Down From A Fight.About Jewish Lives:Jewish Lives Is A Prizewinning Series Of Interpretative Biography Designed To Explore The Many Facets Of Jewish Identity. Individual Volumes Illuminate The Imprint Of Jewish Figures Upon Literature, Religion, Philosophy, Politics, Cultural And Economic Life, And The Arts And Sciences. Subjects Are Paired With Authors To Elicit Lively, Deeply Informed Books That Explore The Range And Depth Of The Jewish Experience From Antiquity To The Present.In 2014, The Jewish Book Council Named Jewish Lives The Winner Of Its Jewish Book Of The Year Award, The First Series Ever To Receive This Award.More Praise For Jewish Lives:Excellent New York TimesExemplary Wall Street JournalDistinguished New YorkerSuperb The Guardian
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