Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write - An Autobiography in Essays

Praise for Claire Messud:
"I can think of few writers capable of such thrilling seriousness expressed with so lavish a gift."

- Rachel Cusk, Evening Standard
"Messud writes about happiness, and about infatuation-about love-more convincingly than any author I've encountered in years."

- Lionel Shriver, NPR
"Messud brings her own particular brand of astuteness and emotional intelligence through her careful and thoughtful prose."

- S. Kirk Walsh, San Francisco Chronicle
"Messud is an expert storyteller. Her style is precise and illuminating, transforming the mundane into the unusual."

- Tilly Ware, Guardian

About the author

Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she teaches at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Messud
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781324006756
• ISBN: 978-1-324-00675-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 463 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors