by Mary McCarthy · Lumen. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426411303
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«Memorias de una joven católica» is the memoir by Mary McCarthy, published by Lumen in paperback (265 pages, in Spanish).
The author recalls her childhood and youth as an orphan girl raised by her grandparents and educated in a religious boarding school. With a critical eye and humor, McCarthy portrays the society and religion of her time through her personal experiences, making the account one of her most personal works.
This edition belongs to the collection «Palabra en el tiempo» (Novel series, number 130) and includes a translation from English by David Casas.
It will appeal to readers of memoirs and literature by women, as well as to those who want to learn about the formation and early years of this author.
Mary Therese McCarthy was an American novelist, critic and political activist, best known for her novel The Group, her marriage to critic Edmund Wilson, her intimate friendship with her colleague Hannah Arendt and her storied feud with playwright Lillian Hellman. McCarthy was the winner of the Horizon Prize in 1949 and was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1949 and 1959. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. In 1973, she delivered the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, the Netherlands, under the title Can There Be a Gothic Literature? The same year she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. McCarthy held honorary degrees from Bard, Bowdoin, Colby, Smith College, Syracuse University, the University of Maine at Orono, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of Hull.
