Everybody's Autobiography

By Gertrude Stein

Book Overview

Everybody's Autobiography is Stein at her most accessible and her most serious

In 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but this darker and more complex work was long misunderstood and neglected. An account of her experiences in the wake of having authored a bestseller, Everybody's Autobiography is as funny and engaging as The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but it is also a meditation on the meaning of success and identity in America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878972081
• ISBN13: 9781878972088
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Exact Change
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Funny, brilliant, playful, and of course, interesting

This is a fascinating account of Stein's travels in America following the success of "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas". Stein finds many things interesting about America, and through her descriptions, so does the reader. Her descriptions of the habits, manners, lifestyle, and thoughts of Americans are very simple but profoundly accurate. Being a Gertrude Stein work, Everybody's Autobiography also features amazing prose that is often challenging but always rewarding. Surprisingly, Everybody's Autobiography is very approachable once one adjusts to Stein's style. This was the first Stein work I read and I've already begun reading The Making of Americans. I just can't recommend this book [and Stein in general] enough.