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Hardcover Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education Book

ISBN: 0871404311

ISBN13: 9780871404312

Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education

At once a coming-of-age story, an intellectual autobiography, and vivid cultural history, Why Not Say What Happened is an eloquent, gripping account of an intellectual and emotional education from one of our leading critics. In this "acutely observed, slyly funny memoir" (Molly Haskell), Morris Dickstein evokes his boisterous and close-knit Jewish family, his years as a yeshiva student that eventually led to fierce rebellion, his teenage adventures...

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