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Vivian Gornick

Born

in The Bronx, New York, NY, The United States

June 14, 1935

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Women & Gender Studies

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Vivian Gornick is the author of, among other books, the acclaimed memoir Fierce Attachments and three essay collections: The End of the Novel of Love, Approaching Eye Level, and, most recently, The Men in My Life. She lives in New York City.

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	Apegos feroces by Vivian Gornick, Daniel Ramos Sanchez (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 22,148 ratings — published 1987 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Odd Woman and the City 3.84 avg rating — 8,650 ratings — published 2015 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative 3.93 avg rating — 2,970 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirarse de frente 3.85 avg rating — 2,715 ratings — published 1996 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader 3.69 avg rating — 1,261 ratings — published 2021 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El fin de la novela de amor by Vivian Gornick, Julia Osuna Aguilar (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 1,178 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romance of American Communism 4.33 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1978 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature and Feminism in Our Time 3.66 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Essays 2023: Guest editor Vivian Gornick curates 21 daring personal essays―from Sigrid Nunez to David Treuer―on resilience and truth. by Vivian Gornick (Compiler), Robert Atwan, Ciara Alfaro 3.93 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life 3.78 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You’re growing old together,” she said to me. “You and what frightens you.”
― Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

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“If you don't leave home you suffocate, if you go too far you lose oxygen.”
― Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative

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“Fue en la cocina donde empecé a comprender el significado de la palabra "esposa”. Ahí estábamos, una pareja de 24 años: un día éramos una estudiante de doctorado y un artista, y al día siguiente éramos marido y mujer. Antes siempre habíamos puesto juntos sobre la mesa las rudimentarias comidas que tomábamos. Ahora, de pronto, Stefan estaba cada noche en su taller, dibujando o leyendo y yo estaba en la cocina, esforzándome por preparar y servir una comida que ambos pensábamos que debía ser adecuada. Recuerdo pasar me cobra y media preparando algún espantoso plato de cuchara sacado de una revista femenina para terminar engulléndolo los dos en 10 minutos, pasarme después una hora limpiando los cacharros y quedarme mirando el fregadero, pensando: "¿Será esto así durante los siguientes cuarenta años?”.”
― Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments

tags: machismo, marriage-life, matrimonio, men-and-women, sexismo

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