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- catalog abstract "With quiet eloquence, Grumbach leads the reader from a predawn meditation on the Book of Common Prayer through the next eighteen hours of one day in her seventy-seven years. Her fierce and reductive eye transforms a single pot of oxalis into a whole garden. Memories of travels and connections with other people expand the confines of her home to an infinite space. The view of the cove from her kitchen window seems to encompass all the world. As we follow her through a. Day's activities and exercises in procrastination, Grumbach's grace, humor, and insight alert us to the transience of each day and the constant play between past and present. With charming illustrations that include a Duchamp painting, postcards from past excursions, and fragments torn from newspapers, Life in a Day is an elegant meditation on age and memory. It will delight any reader for whom the life of the mind holds endless possibilities.".
- catalog contributor b9756538.
- catalog coverage "Maine Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Day's activities and exercises in procrastination, Grumbach's grace, humor, and insight alert us to the transience of each day and the constant play between past and present. With charming illustrations that include a Duchamp painting, postcards from past excursions, and fragments torn from newspapers, Life in a Day is an elegant meditation on age and memory. It will delight any reader for whom the life of the mind holds endless possibilities.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "With quiet eloquence, Grumbach leads the reader from a predawn meditation on the Book of Common Prayer through the next eighteen hours of one day in her seventy-seven years. Her fierce and reductive eye transforms a single pot of oxalis into a whole garden. Memories of travels and connections with other people expand the confines of her home to an infinite space. The view of the cove from her kitchen window seems to encompass all the world. As we follow her through a.".
- catalog extent "140 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Life in a day.".
- catalog identifier "0807070882 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Life in a day.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Life in a day.".
- catalog spatial "Maine Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 B 20".
- catalog subject "Grumbach, Doris.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3557.R83 Z47 1996".
- catalog subject "Women novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog title "Life in a day / Doris Grumbach.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".