Strikingly relevant and shrewdly observed, Mary McCarthy 's On the Contrary collects articles, talks, reviews, travel notes, a short story, and a personal reminiscence by the legendary writer and contrarian.
Included is her review of Hannah Arendt's seminal book, The Human Condition, a bitingly funny take on Simone de Beauvoir's account of her visit to the United States in 1947, a candid essay addressing her experience with communism, and her no-holds-barred re.
Warbler Classics On the contrary: articles of belief, 1946-1961, paperback/mary mccarthy
