A Time to Be Born (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

by Dawn Powell

Overview

Set in pre-World War II New York City, A Time of Be Born offers a satirical send-up of city dwellers whose opportunism is only matched by their egotism. The novel revolves around a conniving novelist, Amanda Keeler, and her husband-a wealthy, self-important newspaper magnate. Amanda's rise to fame as a romance writer is propelled by glowing reviews in her husband's newspapers of her ghostwritten book. Meanwhile, Amanda entangles Vicky Haven, a newcomer from Ohio, in her web of social and romantic machinations. A blistering "comedy of manners" (The New York Times), A Time to Be Born scrutinizes the ambitions of a certain class of Manhattanites on the eve of world-changing global events. This Warbler Classics edition includes a detailed biographical timeline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781962572491
Publisher:	Warbler Classics
Publication date:	03/01/2024
Pages:	276
Sales rank:	505,864
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Dawn Powell (1896-1965) was a prolific American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Although she gained a degree of critical success in her lifetime and earned the respect of writers such as Ernest Hemingway (his "favorite living novelist"), E. E. Cummings, Gore Vidal ("our best comic novelist"), and J. B Priestly, her work was not fully appreciated until well after her death.