by Mary McCarthy · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426413048
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In 'Memories of a Catholic Girlhood', Mary McCarthy, one of the most outstanding American writers of the 20th century, recounts the challenges she faced during her childhood after being orphaned. This autobiographical testimony narrates the mistreatment suffered at the hands of her uncle, the difficult experiences in a convent school, and the complex transition to adolescence, all while discovering her own identity. With overflowing lucidity, McCarthy offers one of the most impactful autobiographies of all time, exploring themes of orphanhood, abuse, and self-discovery in a particular social and religious context.
Mary Therese McCarthy was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, her intimate friendship with her colleague Hannah Arendt and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman. McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949 and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. In 1973, she delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, the Netherlands, under the title Can There Be a Gothic Literature? The same year she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. McCarthy held honorary degrees from Bard, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith College, Syracuse University, the University of Maine at Orono, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Hull.
