Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher

Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 0878055967
ISBN-13 : 9780878055968
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Book Synopsis Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher by : Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher

Download or read book Conversations with M.F.K. Fisher written by Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of interviews captures the conversations of a writer about whom the Chicago Sun-Times says, "She is to literary prose what Sir Laurence Olivier is to acting or Willie Mays is to baseball." These interviews reveal M.F.K. Fisher's fierce wit and her uncompromising and frequently contradictory attitudes toward the luxuries and necessities of gastronomy - the idea that sensual appreciation, in all aspects of life, is or should be necessary.


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