Alison Lurie, Author . Penguin $13 (240p) ISBN 978-0-14-200252-0
A perceptive critic, Lurie (Don't Tell the Grown-Ups) has long been a close observer of children's literature. This welcome volume collects a number of her essays on the subject, most of which appeared in other versions in the New York...
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Alison Lurie, Author . Viking $24.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-670-03439-0
Lurie's various academic romances, set against the backdrop of a thinly veiled Cornell University, point in a straight line to tragicomic double-think relationship writers like Lorrie Moore. This latest foray begins promisingly: Jane MacKenzie...
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Alison Lurie, Author Little Brown and Company $18.45 (328p) ISBN 978-0-316-53720-9
In her wry, ironic manner, Lurie ( Foreign Affairs ) integrates two themes into this diverting novel, one a comic send-up of radical feminists and the other an exploration of the relationship between an artist's life and her art. The two issues...
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Alison Lurie, Author Nan A. Talese $21 (179p) ISBN 978-0-385-47392-7
From Pulitzer-winning novelist Lurie (Foreign Affairs) comes this first-and disappointing-short-story collection with a supernatural slant. Humorously spooky at best, and breaking no new ground, the nine stories here feature women who are disturbed...
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Alison Lurie, Author Henry Holt & Company $22 (321p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5866-6
It's been much too long--10 years, in fact--since Lurie's last novel, and her new one, like her most successful previous outings, Foreign Affairs and The War Between the Tates, has a delightfully punning title. For the last resort, in this case, is...
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Alison Lurie, Author Viking Books $22.95 (181p) ISBN 978-0-670-89459-8
Novelist Lurie's brief, disturbing memoir covers her four decades of acquaintance with the important American poet Merrill (1926-1995) and his longtime partner, Jackson. Lurie grew friendly with the talented couple when Merrill taught at Amherst...
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Alison Lurie, Author Avon Books $11 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70807-9
According to PW , this is both a comic send-up of radical feminists and an exploration of the relationship between an artist's life and her art. (May)
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Alison Lurie, Author Avon Books $9.94 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-71402-5
These essays cite the popularity of certain authors, including Edith Nesbit and Kate Greenaway, as proof that children prefer books that feature disobedient characters and challenge conventional adult points of view. ``As important for the critical...
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Alison Lurie. Delphinium (HarperCollins, dist.), $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-88-328560-9
According to Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Lurie (Foreign Affairs), buildings make statements “in brick and stone... metal and glass” if one knows what to look for. In this companion to The Language of Clothes, the author shows how architecture,...
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Alison Lurie, Author, Monica Beisner, Illustrator, Monika Beisner, Illustrator Sunburst $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-42927-0
An admirable collection of legends--from India to Indonesia, from ancient Greece and Rome to the Bible--explains mythical origins of various constellations; jewel-like portraits enhance the book's appeal. Ages 7-11. (Mar.)
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Alison Lurie, Author, Jessica Souhami, Author, DK Publishing, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7894-2558-4
Baba Yaga, the powerful hag of Russian folklore, comes to spine-tingling life in Lurie's (The Heavenly Zoo) lean, suspenseful retelling of a well-loved tale. When her parents must go to market, Elena is left at home to look after her baby brother....
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Alison Lurie, Author, Monika Beisner, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-42254-7
""Beisner's paintings in glorious color illustrate Lurie's splendid tales of mythical animals,"" said PW. Ages 6-up. (Sept.)
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Alison Lurie. Delphinium, $25 (240p) ISBN 978-1-88328578-4
The 21 essays assembled here range in length from several paragraphs to a score of pages, but all are stimulating and entertaining in equal measure. After two personal and candid short memoirs about her life as a writer, wife, and mother, novelist...
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