false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171273134m/94086.jpg 94086 2 Perhaps it is the title, <I>The Measure of Her Powers</I>, that is the organizing principle behind this collection of writings lifted from the incredible oeuvre that M.F.K. Fisher left behind. A measurement, then, a means of finally understanding what all the noise may or may not be about. There are 27 books attributed to Fisher on the cover flap. Her writings pretty much cover a life lived full throttle from 1908 to 1992; <I>The Measure of Her Powers</I> pretty much covers her life as it has been written.<p> It's kind of like peering at a fascinating woman in different times in a long life through a ViewMaster, clicking right along: the girl at school, the young woman in France and Switzerland, the widow and mother in California, and so on. All of it is "seen" through a strong, gentle, steady voice. Clicking right along.<p> She was a better writer when exploring food and passion in her early works than she was later when reflecting. Exactly when any given piece was actually written is left off, though the original title from which any piece of text was drawn is included. The truly vigilant and curious could assemble the publishing dates and explore the times of this writer's life, comparing the one to the other.<p> <I>The Measure of Her Powers</I> is a grand excuse, really, to discover and to rediscover so unique an American writer as M.F.K. Fisher. For those who have never had the thrill of hearing that fluid voice of hers extolling the pleasures of a good meal and good company, it is here and waiting. For those who have forgotten that thrill, the reminder can be found between these covers. This is a text that points back to original volumes, where the writer may be more fully explored and appreciated. In some of those volumes the power of Fisher has no limits. In other volumes a certain tiresomeness and pointlessness creeps in. <I>The Measure of Her Powers</I> deftly maps the territory. <I>--Schuyler Ingle</I> 90696 1999 The Measure of Her Powers: An M.F.K. Fisher Reader total:62|5:24|4:27|3:10|2:1|1:0| 62 260 108 12 1341491 1582430314 9781582430317 4 2 4.19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182868548m/1341491.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1341491.Measure_of_Her_Powers_An_M_F_K_Fisher_Reader 2 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 07:08:02 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 08:48:52 -0700 2007
I picked up this book about reading several times about how MFK Fisher was the mother of food writing, brillant, etc. I figured the set up of this book: chapters and excerpts from her larger books, would be a good intorduction. 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