Linda seidel (238 risultati)

Condizione: very_good. Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Linda Seidel's lightly fictionalized memoir lets readers feel what it's like for a naturally skeptical, yet persistently na ve, older woman to watch her parents age out of life, to think about the epiphanies they enable her to have, and to reflect on the lives of elders she didn't appreciate until she'd worn through some years herself. The elders whose stories Seidel reconstructs were quintessentially American--meaning complex, subtle and challenging--whether it's a shell shocked grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania almost a century ago after fighting for Germany in a World War, or a mother who was secretly spitting out her pills at the Lucky Stroke Nursing Home in Missouri in 2018.The Chronicles are organized organically, starting with a Prologue about Belinda's search for a genre. The genre which she discovers is a series of vignettes, gently shaped and pruned so that readers can study them individually, as smaller sets, and cumulatively. Thus, for example, the initial series of nine short pieces is gathered under the title Women and Mothers. It includes stories about her mother's childhood (Trudi's Parents), her grandmother's old age (Lotte), and several about her mother Trudi's last months, branching into dead-on accurate sketches of contemporary nursing home life and workers (Marty the Nurse). The final vignette of Women and Mothers (titled Wasting Time: Love and Class) involves reflections on a pair of potential marriages which didn't happen-reflections which lead naturally to a new, two-part section titled Belinda Reflects.The seven vignettes gathered next, Men and Fathers, offer detailed glimpses into the lives of a prosperous, sometimes pompous, great-grandfather, his son the charming, womanizing (?) Lyle, and especially his grandson, Leonard, the professional musician and music teacher whose slow decline into dementia eventually brought him to the Lucky Stroke, near Belinda and his ex-wife, Trudi. In these pieces, as Belinda later reflects, she's portraying them not at their best but at . their most human.Our memoirist's piquant reflections nourish all her stories as surely as sap does a tree. In the four sets of stories called Belinda Reflects, which alternate with sets labeled Orphans or Weddings and Funerals, the musings are more like rainfall or manna. The Belinda Chronicles are rooted in Seidel's family history, factual enough to be a memoir though the names have been changed. They're enriched by the author's 21st century awareness of patriarchy, feminism, class biases, and anti-immigrant prejudice. One further tribute to Belinda's roots comes in the center of the book, where, just after a chapter titled Peonies, Seidel has slipped in seven family photos, the oldest taken about 1910, the newest including herself as a toddler. The family tree uses Chronicles pseudonyms, but the dates are accurate.In summary, we quote from the Acknowledgements section which ends the book: I] regard my family's collective memories and stories as legacies, a kind of inheritance exploited and treasured by the Belinda character in these vignettes. My greatest debt is to my elders, whose stories I have appropriated and who might feel, alternately, outraged and honored on every page, were they alive to read me.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Crease on cover and a few pages*.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Linda Seidel's lightly fictionalized memoir lets readers feel what it's like for a naturally skeptical, yet persistently na ve, older woman to watch her parents age out of life, to think about the epiphanies they enable her to have, and to reflect on the lives of elders she didn't appreciate until she'd worn through some years herself. The elders whose stories Seidel reconstructs were quintessentially American--meaning complex, subtle and challenging--whether it's a shell shocked grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania almost a century ago after fighting for Germany in a World War, or a mother who was secretly spitting out her pills at the Lucky Stroke Nursing Home in Missouri in 2018.The Chronicles are organized organically, starting with a Prologue about Belinda's search for a genre. The genre which she discovers is a series of vignettes, gently shaped and pruned so that readers can study them individually, as smaller sets, and cumulatively. Thus, for example, the initial series of nine short pieces is gathered under the title Women and Mothers. It includes stories about her mother's childhood (Trudi's Parents), her grandmother's old age (Lotte), and several about her mother Trudi's last months, branching into dead-on accurate sketches of contemporary nursing home life and workers (Marty the Nurse). The final vignette of Women and Mothers (titled Wasting Time: Love and Class) involves reflections on a pair of potential marriages which didn't happen-reflections which lead naturally to a new, two-part section titled Belinda Reflects.The seven vignettes gathered next, Men and Fathers, offer detailed glimpses into the lives of a prosperous, sometimes pompous, great-grandfather, his son the charming, womanizing (?) Lyle, and especially his grandson, Leonard, the professional musician and music teacher whose slow decline into dementia eventually brought him to the Lucky Stroke, near Belinda and his ex-wife, Trudi. In these pieces, as Belinda later reflects, she's portraying them not at their best but at . their most human.Our memoirist's piquant reflections nourish all her stories as surely as sap does a tree. In the four sets of stories called Belinda Reflects, which alternate with sets labeled Orphans or Weddings and Funerals, the musings are more like rainfall or manna. The Belinda Chronicles are rooted in Seidel's family history, factual enough to be a memoir though the names have been changed. They're enriched by the author's 21st century awareness of patriarchy, feminism, class biases, and anti-immigrant prejudice. One further tribute to Belinda's roots comes in the center of the book, where, just after a chapter titled Peonies, Seidel has slipped in seven family photos, the oldest taken about 1910, the newest including herself as a toddler. The family tree uses Chronicles pseudonyms, but the dates are accurate.In summary, we quote from the Acknowledgements section which ends the book: I] regard my family's collective memories and stories as legacies, a kind of inheritance exploited and treasured by the Belinda character in these vignettes. My greatest debt is to my elders, whose stories I have appropriated and who might feel, alternately, outraged and honored on every page, were they alive to read me.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condizione: Fair.

Condizione: good. All pages and cover are intact. Dust jacket included if applicable, though it may be missing on hardcover editions. Spine and cover may show minor signs of wear including scuff marks, curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. "From the library of" labels may be present. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set packaging may be missing. Bundled media e.g., CDs, DVDs, access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 2001. Art. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago. Very good paperback 90p. Black and white ill. 8/23.

Condizione: Good. 5th Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. x, 220 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. *** "In this beautifully written and expertly documented study, Linda Seidel challenges conventional definitions of Romanesque art. By means of a careful analysis of the elaborately decorated church facades of Aquitaine, she establishes the character of these carvings in relation to popular culture and worldly concerns at the time of the first and second Crusades, Seidel explains the art as a consciously eclectic combination of Roman, Carolingian, and Islamic elements and offers novel insights to account for the selection of such sources. In the process, she provides thought-provoking observations on relations between Christians and Muslims during this period. Seidel, drawing on material in social, religious, and literary history, skillfully explores artistic forms as a way of understanding a group's aspirations and self-image." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good-. Cover crease; 219 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. PHOTO AND VIDEO OF PAGES TAKEN TO SHOW CONDITION PRIOR TO SHIPPING; PHOTOS EMAILED FOR MORE SPECIFICS WHEN REQUESTED. Well-illustrated (illustratore). Book.

Condizione: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Well-illustrated (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 220 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. There is one light ding to the spine.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Well-illustrated (illustratore).…

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.