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A finales de los años cuarenta, un grupo de entusiastas neoyorquinos, intelectuales urbanitas, se aventuran en las montañas de Nueva Inglaterra para crear una comuna a la que deciden bautizar muy apropiadamente como Utopía. Sin embargo, pronto surgen la discordia y el cisma ideológico entre las dos facciones del grupo: los utópicos puristas, entre los que se cuentan el estruendoso editor libertario Macdougal Macdermott, que carece de opinión propia, o la bienintencionada Katy Norell, que enel fondo solo desea agradar a los demás, y los realistas, encabezados por el amargado exmarxista William Taub, que pretende reírse del fracaso de Utopía al tiempo que alberga la secreta esperanza de que prospere. Así, alternarán periodos líricos de paz pastoral con la concepción de ideas alocadas, como crear unos Estados Unidos deEuropa en el exilio, hasta desembocar en un desenlace previsiblemente desastroso.Más controvertida y ácida que nunca, McCarthy se inspira sin disimulo alguno en

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These six brilliantly written episodes, brought together in Mary McCarthy's first novel, create a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle. Based loosely on the author's own life, the book follows a young bohemian woman, Margaret Sargent, through her experiences and lost loves in a time of coming war. On publication in 1942, its bold insight, sly wit and virtuoso style won Mary McCarthy immediate recogntion as one of the most accomplished, versatile and penetrating writers in America.

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Contents include: The Style of the Mythical Age: An Introduction by Hermann BrochON THE ILIAD Hector Thetis and Achilles Helen The Comedy of the Gods Troy and Moscow Priam and Achilles Break Bread Poets and ProphetsOriginally published in 1947.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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'Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant' COSMOPOLITAN'A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack' SARAH WATERS'Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining' SUNDAY TIMESThis groundbreaking novel celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023. One of the first novels to frankly depict friendship, sex and women's lives. It was a revelation and continues to inspire today.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALIMary McCarthy's most celebrated novel portrays the lives and aspirations of eight Vassar graduates. 'The group' meet in New York following graduation to attend the wedding of one of their friends - and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. The women, fresh from college, vowed not to become stuffy and frightened like their parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives. Who really achieved this - and what sacrifices and compromises had to be made?'McCarthy's characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one's husband versus loyalty to one's friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the book's most extraordinary attributes' ELIZABETH DAY, GUARDIAN

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