num_pages: 289
description: From one of America's great literary figures, a new collection of essays on eminent writers and their work, and on the war between art and life. The perilous intersection of writers' lives with public and private dooms is the fertile subject of many of these remarkable essays from such literary giants as T.S. Eliot, Isaac Babel, Salman Rushdieand Henry James.
language: English
title: Fame and Folly: Essays
titlecomplete: Fame and Folly: Essays
genres: Nonfiction, Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 70
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay , awardedAt: 820483200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Knopf