Everybody's autobiography

By Gertrude Stein

Book Overview

Everybody's Autobiography is Stein at her most accessible and her most seriousIn 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but this darker and more complex work was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006C3ZMC
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

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.