Oppositions

Selected Essays

Mary Gaitskill

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Serpent's Tail
18 January 2022

Literary essays; Literature: history & criticism; Sociology: sexual relations

'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought these days.' - Eimear McBride

Nuanced, daring and tender, these essays from the celebrated author of This is Pleasure and Bad Behavior, consistently fascinate and provoke. Mary Gaitskill takes on a broad range of topics from Nabokov to horse-riding with her unique ability to tease out unexpected truths and cast aside received wisdom.

Written with startling grace and linguistic flair, and delving into the complicated nature of love and the responsibility we owe to the people we encounter, the work collected here inspires the reader to think beyond their first responses to life and art. Spanning thirty years of Mary Gaitskill's writing, and covering subjects as diverse as Dancer in the Dark, the world of Charles Dickens and the Book of Revelation with her characteristic blend of sincerity and wit, Oppositions is never less than enthralling.

By: Mary Gaitskill
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781788168151
ISBN 10: 1788168151
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 18 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To, and Don't Cry, the novels Veronica, The Mare and Two Girls Fat and Thin, the novella This is Pleasure and the memoir Lost Cat. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and the O. Henry Prize Stories.

Reviews for Oppositions: Selected Essays

Gaitskill is enormously gifted. * The New York Times Book Review * The range of Gaitskill's humanity is astonishing * LA Times * Gaitskill has long been interested in the power play inherent in sexual relationships, so when it comes to probing the messy, murky topography of abuses of power and issues of consent, she's definitely the woman for the job. -- Lucy Scholes * Daily Telegraph * A writer of prodigious gifts * Guardian * Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail. * The New York Times * Stubbornly original, with a sort of rhythm and fine moments that flatten you out when you don't expect it. -- Alice Munro Gaitskill is phenomenally gifted -- Sarah Hall