Human relations and other difficulties : [essays] /

An incisive collection of essays by the editor of the London Review of Books includes deeply considered pieces that explore topics ranging from a 19th-century encyclopedia and novel reviewing to parenthood and gender dynamics that limit women. --

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilmers, Mary-Kay (Author)
Other Authors:	Lanchester, John (author of introduction].)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. English essays > 20th century. English essays > 21st century. Essays.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / by John Lanchester
I was dilapidated
Civis Britannicus fuit
Next to godliness
The language of novel reviewing
Narcissism and its discontents
Death and the maiden
Divorce me
Patty and cin
Hagiography
Vita longa
Sisters' keepers
Fortress freud
Lady Rothermere's fan
Quarrelling
Promises
Nonchalance
Attraction duty
My distant relative
Brussels
What if you hadn't been home
Peter Campbell
Flirting is nice
What a mother.