Publication

2015 - New York Review Books, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

53,750 words, Guess

Page Count

215 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101590178440
  • ISBN-139781590178447
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015003954
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015004508
  • OCLC Control Number893016782
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781590178447
  • Open LibraryOL27185801M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3568.O823 T35 2015
  • LCCPS3568.O823
and 3 more
  • LCCPS3568.O823T35 2015
  • DDC823/.91
  • LCCPZ4.R8143 Tal

Description

"Friendships are built on chatter, on gossip, on revelations--on talk. Over the course of the summer of 1965, Linda Rosenkrantz taped conversations between three friends (two straight, one gay) on the cusp of thirty vacationing at the beach: Emily, an actor; Vince, a painter; and Marsha, a writer. The result was Talk, a novel in dialogue. The friends are ambitious, conflicted, jealous, petty, loving, funny, sex- and shrink-obsessed, and there's nothing they won't discuss. Topics covered include LSD, fathers, exes, lovers, abortions, S&M, sculpture, books, cats, and of course, each other. Talk was ahead of its time in recognizing the fascination and significance of nonfamily ties in contemporary life. It may be almost fifty years since Emily, Vince, and Marsha spent the season in East Hampton, but they wouldn't be out of place on the set of Girls or in the pages of a novel like Sheila Heti's How Should a Person Be?"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • New York Review Books classics

Links

Other Editions

  • TalkNew York Review Books2015-01-01

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