Mary McCarthy – författare

1963 ansågs den chockerande frispråkig och såldes i miljonupplagor. Idag räknas Mary McCarthys klassiker Gruppen, om åtta nyexaminerade studiekamrater som möter ett hårdare liv i 1930-talets New York, som en milstolpe i den moderna litteraturen. En skamlöst underhållande och bitsk kollektivroman om det moderna livets villkor, konstant relevant.”Att kalla Gruppen för urkällan i traditionen att skildra unga urbana kvinnors strävan inom områden som sex, relationer och karriär är ingen överdrift.” Kristofer Ahlström DN”Uppslukande, rolig, plågsam – jag betraktar den som ett mästerverk.” Hilary Mantel

''Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant'' COSMOPOLITAN''A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack'' SARAH WATERS''Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining'' SUNDAY TIMES Not one of them, if she could help it, was going to marry a broker or a banker or a cold-fish corporation lawyer. . .New York, 1930. Eight Vassar graduates meet in New York to attend the wedding of one of their friends - and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. Young and fearless, they vow not to become stuffy and frightened like their parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives. But which of them will achieve that dream - and at what cost?Ground-breaking in its fearless portrayal of female friendship, sex and the struggle to have it all, The Group was a revelation, a scandal, and an instant bestseller.''McCarthy''s characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one''s husband versus loyalty to one''s friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the book''s most extraordinary attributes'' ELIZABETH DAY, GUARDIAN

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GROUP ''A jagged diamond of a book'' OBSERVER ''A woman of intellect and style'' CELIA MCGEE, NEW YORK TIMES''Timeless, brilliant and frighteningly insightful'' DAILY MAIL Told through six interlinked stories, this is a dazzling, fractured portrait of 1930s New York, and of the witty, bohemian heroine at the novel''s heart. Through her encounters and experiences - with men, with radical politics, with psychoanalysis - we follow Margaret Sargent as she negotiates a fraught relationship between love and independence in a time of coming war. Based loosely on the author''s own life, The Company She Keeps caused an instant sensation, and won Mary McCarthy immediate acclaim for its bold insight, sly wit and virtuoso style.

From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging issues that the world faces today. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, comprising contributions from the fields of politics, sociology, history, and gender studies, this handbook creates a comprehensive and innovative overview of the field, investigating the widening variety of interests, sometimes competing, that constitute Japanese foreign policy.

Organized topically, it is divided into sections, including:

• Japan’s evolving foreign policy landscape

• Global environmental and sustainable development

• International and national security

• International political economy

• International norms and civil society.

Providing an evaluation of the key actors, institutions, and networks influencing Japanese foreign policy, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy is an essential resource for students and scholars of Japanese and Asian Politics, International Relations, and Foreign Policy.

From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging issues that the world faces today. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, comprising contributions from the fields of politics, sociology, history, and gender studies, this handbook creates a comprehensive and innovative overview of the field, investigating the widening variety of interests, sometimes competing, that constitute Japanese foreign policy.

Organized topically, it is divided into sections, including:

• Japan’s evolving foreign policy landscape

• Global environmental and sustainable development

• International and national security

• International political economy

• International norms and civil society.

Providing an evaluation of the key actors, institutions, and networks influencing Japanese foreign policy, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy is an essential resource for students and scholars of Japanese and Asian Politics, International Relations, and Foreign Policy.