Imaginary Friends A Play with Music
Imaginary Friends A Play with Music by Nora Ephron is a work published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 18, 2003. This edition spans 144 pages and is presented in English. The play humorously explores the legendary feud between two prominent American writers, Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy, offering them a fictional post-mortem opportunity to confront their differences and air their grievances.
Readers will find a sharp and witty portrayal of the intense rivalry that defined Hellman and McCarthy’s relationship, characterized by their public disputes and legal battles. The narrative delves into the complexities of their interactions, blending elements of drama and literary criticism while maintaining a focus on the performing arts. Ephron’s unique approach brings these historical figures to life, providing insights into their personalities and the cultural context of their time.
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The bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck brilliantly and hilariously resuscitates Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy—two bigger-than-life feuding writers—to give them a post-mortem second act, and the chance to really air their differences.
Although Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy probably only met once in their lives, their names will be linked forever in the history of American literary feuds: they were legendary enemies, especially after McCarthy famously announced to the world that every word Hellman wrote was a lie, “including ‘and’ and ‘the.’” The public battle, and the legal squabbling, that ensued ended, unsatisfactorily for all, with Hellman’s death.
“A sharp-eyed and even sharper-clawed memory-play…. Provides…guilty pleasures, keeping the repartee both snappy and snappish.” —The Wall Street Journal
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