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Learning to Drive - Now a major motion picture starring
Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley§§Celebrated for her
award-winning political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha
Pollitt now shows ...
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Learning to Drive - Now a major motion picture starring Patricia
Clarkson and Ben Kingsley§§Celebrated for her award-winning
political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha Pollitt now shows
us another side of her talent. Learning to Drive is a surprising,
revealing, and entertaining collection of essays drawn from the
author's own life.§§With deep feeling and sharp insight, Pollitt
writes about the death of her father; the sad but noble final days
of a leftist study group of which she was a member; and the
betrayal and heartbreak inflicted by a man who seriously deceived
her. (Her infinitely patient, gentle driving instructor points out
her weakness-"Observation, Katha, observation!") She also offers a
candid view of her preoccupation with her ex-lover's haunting
presence on the Internet, and her search there for a secret link
that might provide a revelation about him that will Explain
Everything.§§Other topics include the differences between women and
men-"More than half the male members of the Donner party died of
cold and starvation, but three quarters of the females survived,
saved by that extra layer of fat we spend our lives trying to get
rid of"-and the practical implications of political theory: "What
if socialism-all that warmhearted folderol about community and
solidarity and sharing was just an elaborate con job, a way for men
to avoid supporting their kids?"§§Learning to Drive demonstrates
that while Katha Pollitt is undeniably one of our era's most
profound observers of culture, society, and politics, she is just
as impressively a wise, graceful, and honest observer of her own
and others' human nature.§§Praise for Learning to Drive § §"The
kind of book you want to look up from at points so you can read
aloud certain passages to a friend or lover." - Chicago Tribune
§§"A powerful personal narrative . . . full of insight and charm .
. . Pollitt is her own Jane Austen character . . . haughty and
modest, moral and irresponsible, sensible and, happily for us, lost
in sensibility." - The New York Review of Books §§"With . . .
bracing self-honesty, Pollitt takes us through the maddening swirl
of contradictions at the heart of being fifty-something: the sense
of slowing down, of urgency, of wisdom, of ignorance, of strength,
of helplessness, of breakdown, of renewal." - The Seattle Times
§§"Essays of breathtaking candor and razor-sharp humor . . .
[Pollitt] has outdone herself. . . . [Her] observations are acute
and her confessions tonic. Forget face-lifts; Pollitt's essays
elevate the spirit." - Booklist (starred review)§§"Candid,
confessional prose . . . But even at her most intimate, [Pollitt]
manages to infuse her tales of dissatisfaction and heartbreak with
levity and humor." - San Francisco Chronicle §§"Pitch perfect . . .
painfully hilarious to read." - The Boston Globe §§From the
Hardcover edition.
