The Odd Woman and the City : A Memoir (Hardcover)

from suesbooks

The writing was excellent. The content was interesting because she is a very interesting woman who knows interesting people. It was somewhat repitiious.

from pivic

This is a quite short and sweet autobiography, based on thoughts, not on chronology, which serves the author right. Her quite recent interview in The Paris Review serves this book well. Gornick's style is terse and straightforward, which often serves her diary-ish entries well: As the orchestra t...

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Enjoyed this so much. I don't often read memoirs, but this was elegant and wise and a pleasure to read. I appreciated the author's account of her rich intellectual life and her musings on friendship and love. Carefully crafted, searingly honest, thoughtful reflections on her life in New York. It ...

from gbelik

This is a brief but wonderful reflection on living in New York City, on living alone and on the author's friendship with Leonard, who she has met weekly for many years to share dinner and a movie. Sensitive, thoughtful and funny: who could ask for anything more?

from brenzi

My third Gornick and I just have to ask myself, what took so long to find her? Like Laing, she writes about people and how they interact. Gornick lives in NYC and walks the streets of the city to find so many interesting things to talk about. As she walks, she absorbs the drama, humor and humanit...