Every new contribution helps define Auchincloss as a major force in American www.doorway.ru "Manhattan Monologues," Auchincloss views the seminal events of our last century as they affect and are affceted by characters from his world: upper east side, Hamptons, Mount Desert Isalnd, New England boarding www.doorway.ru characters -- on the surface people of welath, power and priviledge -- slog through their /5(4). out of 5 starsMANHATTAN MONOLOGUES: STORIES by Louis Auchincloss. Reviewed in the United States on J. Always a pleasure to read the subtleries of Louis Auchincloss books. A master storyteller which brings light reading and much entertainment/5(21). 8 rows · · Louis Auchincloss was honored in the year as a “Living Landmark” by the New York Landmarks Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Manhattan Monologues is Louis Auchincloss at his most clever, his most discerning, his best. He is our sublime master of manners, our "most astute observer of moral paradox among the affluent" (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.), and "one of the essential American writers" (Kirkus). Home ThriftBooks Manhattan Monologues: Stories. Manhattan Monologues: Stories. Add to cart Buy Now Manhattan Monologues: Stories by Louis Auchincloss. Used; very good; hardcover; Condition Very Good ISBN 10 X ISBN 13 Seller. ThriftBooks. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Manhattan Monologues: Stories by Louis Auchincloss. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , X.
Louis Auchincloss was honored in the year as a “Living Landmark” by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. During his long career he wrote more than sixty books, including the story collection Manhattan Monologues and the novel The Rector of Justin. The former president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Auchincloss resided in New York City until his death in January From a New York Times–bestselling author, short stories of the privileged class, spanning a century of New York history:“Urbane, humorous a treat to read.” —Library Journal Sublime master of manners, exquisite critic of the upper crust, and beloved American author Louis Auchincloss is at his wry, brilliant best with this collection of ten short stories about New York aristocracy. MANHATTAN MONOLOGUES charts a colorful New York century through a series of personal accounts from the rarefied circle that fills Auchincloss's best short fiction. Here are characters who confidently finesse their way through society's uppermost tiers and yet are just as easily undone by the smallest upset in a day.
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