Vivian Gornick is the author of, among other books, the acclaimed memoir Fierce Attachments and three essay collections: The End of the Novel of Love, Approaching Eye Level, and, most recently, The Men in My Life. She lives in New York City.
"Arresting . . . Gornick sees Goldman's lifelong commitment to
anarchism as doing 'what Tolstoy said a work of art should do: It
made people love life more'; this generous book does the same."—New
Yorker
*New Yorker*
"[An] elegant portrait."—Russell Baker, New York Review
of Books
*New York Review of Books*
"An intense, engrossing essay written with an allusive, sinuous
style."—Fred Siegel, Wall Street Journal
*Wall Street Journal*
“[A] fascinating biography…Gornick weaves it together in an
accessible and engaging way…a timely and valuable
contribution.”—Jennifer Lipman, Jewish Chronicle
*Jewish Chronicle*
Finalist for the 2011 National Jewish Book Award in the Biography,
Autobiography, and Memoir category, as given by the Jewish Book
Council.
*Jewish Book Council*
Honorable Mention in the Biography/Autobiography category at
the Los Angeles Book Festival.
*Los Angeles Book Festival*
Finalist for the 2012 Book of the Year in the Biography category,
as awarded by ForeWord Magazine.
*ForeWord Magazine*
“Vivian Gornick has a gripping new entry in Yale’s Jewish Lives
series...She has breathed new life into one of the liveliest
figures of modern history—not a rebel without a cause but a rebel
with many causes.”—David Shribman, Boston Globe
*Boston Globe*
“Emma Goldman’s life is a biographer’s dream, with walk-on parts
for many of the great figures of 20th-century history, from Lenin
to Freud, and an astounding trajectory from poverty in Lithuania to
America’s most famous anarchist.”—The Sunday Telegraph
*The Sunday Telegraph*
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