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An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir Book by Lillian Hellman

An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir Book by Lillian Hellman

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This National Book Award winner is a brilliant and uncompromising memoir by one of the greatest playwrights in American history. 

Caustic, genius, accomplished, Lillian Hellman, one writer noted, can "take the tops off bottles with her teeth." Her career as a playwright began in 1938 with The Children's Hour, the first of seven plays that would bring her international attention and praise. Thirty years later, Hellman unleashed her peerless wit and candor on the subject she knew best: herself. An Unfinished Woman is a rich, surprising, emotionally charged portrait of a bygone world -- and of an independent-minded woman coming into her own. Wendy Wasserstein's introduction to this new edition provides a fascinating literary and historical context for reexamining Lillian Hellman's life and achievement.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Hellman didn't pull any punches in this 1969 autobiography in which she reminisces about her unhappy upbringing in New Orleans and her literary relationships, especially that most famous one with master whodunit writer Dashiell Hammett. Though many critics and biographers claim that Hellman invented half of her life stories, these tales do make for interesting reading, so who cares. (LJ 6/15/69)
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; First Edition (June 7, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316352853
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316352857
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1180L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.4 x 0.79 x 8.61 inches
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