{"product_id":"pictures-from-an-institution-paperback","title":"Pictures from an Institution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandall Jarrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the unassuming surface of a progressive women's college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrell's classic novel was originally published to overwhelming critical acclaim in 1954, forging a new standard for campus satire-and instantly yielding comparisons to Dorothy Parker's razor-sharp barbs. Like his fictional nemesis, Jarrell cuts through the earnest conversations at Benton College-mischievously, but with mischief nowhere more wicked than when crusading against the vitriolic heroine herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A most literate account of a group of most literate people by a writer of power. . . . A delight of true understanding.\"-Wallace Stevens \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I'm greatly impressed by the real fun, the incisive satire, the closeness of observation, and in the end by a kind of sympathy and human warmth. It's a remarkable book.\"-Robert Penn Warren \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Move over Dorothy Parker. \u003ci\u003ePictures\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is less a novel than a series of poisonous portraits, set pieces, and endlessly quotable put-downs. Read it less for plot than sharp satire, Jarrell's forte.\"-Mary Welp \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the wittiest books of modern times.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]he father of the modern campus novel, and the wittiest of them all. Extraordinary to think that 'political correctness' was so deliciously dissected 50 years ago.\"-Noel Malcolm, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A sustained exhibition of wit in the great tradition. . . . Immensely and very devastatingly shrewd.\"-Edmund Fuller, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] work of fiction, and a dizzying and brilliant work of social and literary criticism. Not only 'a unique and serious joke-book, ' as Lowell called it, but also a meditation made up of epigrams.\"-Michael Wood\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Jarrell\u003c\/b\u003e (1914-1965) was the author of six volumes of poetry and the recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry in 1961.\u003ci\u003e Pictures from an Institution \u003c\/i\u003eis his only novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556545949989,"sku":"9780226393759","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/pLrBFKJEyu9780226393759.webp?v=1781375568","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/pictures-from-an-institution-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}