
Approaching Eye Level
1996
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"[Approaching Eye Level is] about the day-to-day struggle to face down the brutality of growing loneliness, to accept the limitations of friendship and intimacy, to honor the process of becoming oneself... Vivian Gornick's strength lies in her refusal to give up."-Mary Hawthorne, The New York Times
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Vivian Gornick
Author · 13 books
Vivian Gornick is the author of, among other books, the acclaimed memoir Fierce Attachments and three essay collections: The End of the Novel of Love, Approaching Eye Level, and, most recently, The Men in My Life. She lives in New York City.