Marjorie Morningstar - The 'proto-feminist classic' (Vulture) from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Paperback)

"I read it and I thought, 'Oh, God, this is me.'" - Scarlet Johansson Now hailed as a "proto-feminist classic" (Vulture), Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk's powerful coming-of-age novel about an ambitious young woman pursuing her artistic dreams in New York City has been a perennial favourite since it was first a bestseller in the 1950s. Sixteen-year-old Marjorie Morgenstern lives a quiet life in New York City. Her mother hopes for a glittering marriage to a good man, but Marjorie has other ideas. When she falls desperately in love with Noel Airman, a musician as reckless as he is talented, Marjorie dreams of defying her destiny as a wife and mother to become a star of the stage. Why should she settle with being just another Mrs Morgenstern if she can succeed as Marjorie Morningstar? Rich with humour and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine. "A proto-feminist classic." - Boris Kachka, Vulture "To me, it's a unicorn of a book - a so-called women's novel, written by a man, that takes its heroine very seriously . . . A serious book that finds a big, sprawling story in what seems like a small, narrow life." - Laura Lippman, author of The Lady in the Lake "Very good reading indeed." - Maxwell Geismar, New York Times

General

Imprint:	Hodder Paperback
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2013
Authors:	Herman Wouk
Dimensions:	202 x 142 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-1-4447-7803-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-4447-7803-X
Barcode:	9781444778038

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