In 1981 Alison Lurie published The Language of Clothes, a meditation on costume and fashion as an...

In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our ...

'If you're coming to Lurie for the first time, you must begin with the Pulitzer Prize-winning For...

'Delightful... Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect' New York Review of BooksAlan...

Due accademici americani, Vinnie, che insegna letteratura per l'infanzia, e Fred, un giovane rice...

Jenny has devoted her life to her husband, the famous naturalist Wilkie Walker. But this year, as...

An artists’ colony is a false paradise for a frustrated writer in this “witty, knowing, and perce...

'A brilliant and seemingly effortless accomplishment...steady uninterrupted delight' Sunday Teleg...

In this mix of comedy and analysis, the author recalls American poet James Merrill and his longti...

'Marvellous entertainment' Sunday TimesJust married and newly arrived in Los Angeles are Paul and...

This engaging new collection of essays from the New York Times–bestselling novelist gathers toget...

War Between the Tates