As They Were

Author: M.F.K. Fisher
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0394713486

As They Were

"Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher is a national treasure. Get As They Were literature books for free.
For nearly 50 years she has been writing rare, fine prose about so many things that she is nearly impossible to define....In As They Were she has collected a number of essays -- she calls them 'reports' -- into an informal autobiography that wanders from Whittier, California, to the south of France." -- Newsweek"She deserves the widest possible audience....The restaurants, hotels and markets she visits are aswarm with people and things, all of which she describes in fine detail, making the reader taste and hear and smell and see as few other writers can....Wherever she is, wherever she goes, she is grand company."-- Chicago Sun-Times"A breath of poetry wraps us as she relives for us a lif Check As They Were our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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For nearly 50 years she has been writing rare, fine prose about so many things that she is nearly impossible to define... "-- Chicago Sun-Times"A breath of poetry wraps us as she relives for us a lif

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