num_pages: 304
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 domains is the fertile subject of many of these remarkable essays from such literary giants as T. S. Eliot, Isaac Babel, Salman Rushdie, and Henry James."A genuine literary education. . . . Each of these pieces is informed, gracefully written and propelled with narrative energy."— San Francisco Chronicle"A glittering new collection. . . . Each essay shimmers with intelligence."— The New York Times
language: English
title: Fame & Folly: Essays
titlecomplete: Fame & Folly: Essays
genres: Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
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: Vintage