The End of the Novel of Love

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism that explores the meaning of love and marriage as literary themes in the twentieth century. In The End of the Novel of Love , an acclaimed and provocative collection of criticism, Gornick applies the same intelligence, honesty, and insight that define her memoirs to an analysis of love and marriage as literary themes in the twentieth century. She examines the work and lives of several authors she admires—including Grace Paley, W