num_pages: 321
description: In a sixth collection of personal essays, the editor of The American Scholar explores such topics as Gershwin, name-dropping, naps, aging, long books, pet peeves, Anglophilia, talent vs. genius, surgery, and more. Excerpts in The New Yorker.
language: English
title: Narcissus Leaves the Pool: Familiar Essays
titlecomplete: Narcissus Leaves the Pool: Familiar Essays
genres: Essays, Humor, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 124
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt