Getting Personal: Selected EssaysHarper Collins, 2004 M11 3 - 416 páginas From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candor and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends. |
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... character as it has appeared in print . For instance , they might say , " Oh , you wouldn't like to go on a nature hike , " when in fact I am very susceptible to the charms of nature . I am not a committed curmudgeon , by any means ...
... character as it has appeared in print . For instance , they might say , " Oh , you wouldn't like to go on a nature hike , " when in fact I am very susceptible to the charms of nature . I am not a committed curmudgeon , by any means ...
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... character patterns . Thus , if he had let only Delilah wheedle a secret out of him , that would be one thing , but before he does so he gives the woman of Timnah the answer to his wedding riddle , " because she pressed him hard ...
... character patterns . Thus , if he had let only Delilah wheedle a secret out of him , that would be one thing , but before he does so he gives the woman of Timnah the answer to his wedding riddle , " because she pressed him hard ...
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... characters make the same mistake three times ( for instance , misuse their wishes ) , and at the end of each mistake there is no accrual of wisdom . The point is made that human nature keeps screwing up the same way over and over . Seen ...
... characters make the same mistake three times ( for instance , misuse their wishes ) , and at the end of each mistake there is no accrual of wisdom . The point is made that human nature keeps screwing up the same way over and over . Seen ...
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XXIV | 167 |
XXV | 187 |
XXVI | 218 |
XXVIII | 259 |
XXIX | 261 |
XXX | 278 |
XXXII | 286 |
XXXIII | 300 |
XII | 89 |
XIII | 93 |
XIV | 117 |
XVI | 128 |
XVII | 131 |
XVIII | 140 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 157 |
XXIII | 165 |
XXXV | 309 |
XXXVI | 314 |
XXXVIII | 323 |
XXXIX | 325 |
XL | 333 |
XLI | 337 |
XLII | 356 |
XLIII | 395 |
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