Publisher's Synopsis
A decade of the author's thought is represented in the form of essays and criticism. She explores a range of subjects: storytelling, from the Brothers Grimm to William Burroughs; food-writing, where her irreverent tone triggered a correspondence from enraged supporters of Elizabeth David; British writing; American writing, from the nostalgic cartoon world of Gilbert Hernandez to Louise Erdrich's vision of the everyday; sexuality, from Josephine Baker's eroticism to the history of the corset as well as more straightforward appreciations of the work of James Joyce and the neglected work of Christina Stead.;Other works of non-fiction by the author include "The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History" and "Nothing Sacred". Her eight novels include "Wise Children".
