Lore Segal Livres

Three hilarious, quirky tales about a young city girl's adventures big and small. Mitzi lives with her mother and father and her baby brother in the big city where every day is an adventure. Or at least Mitzi makes it one, though sometimes the adventure is more than a little surprising. One day it’s time to pay an impromptu visit to her grandparents. And what will happen when the president comes to town? Who knows what Mitzi will get up to next? In Tell Me a Mitzi Lore Segal’s droll dialogue and off-kilter storytelling is beautifully matched by Harriet Pincus’s gritty and colorful illustrations. These are stories that capture childhood in all its puzzlement, resourcefulness, and unsentimental wonder.

Nine months after the Nazi occupation of Austria, 600 Jewish Children assembled at Vienna station to board the first of the Kindertransports bound for Britain. Among them was 10 year old Lore Segal. For the next seven years, she lived as a refugee in other people's houses, moving from the Orthodox Levines in Liverpool, to the staunchly working class Hoopers in Kent, to the genteel Miss Douglas and her sister in Guildford. Few understood the terrors she had fled, or the crushing responsibility of trying to help her parents gain a visa. Amazingly she succeeds and two years later her parents arrive; their visa allows them to work as domestic servants - a humiliation for which they must be grateful. In Other People's Houses Segal evokes with deep compassion, clarity and calm the experience of a child uprooted from a loving home to become stranded among strangers.

Segal has often used her own biography as both subject and inspiration: At age ten she was sent on the Kindertransport from Vienna to England to escape the Nazi invasion of Austria; grew up among English foster families; and eventually made her way to the United States. This experience was the impetus for her first novel, Other People's Houses , and one that she has revisited throughout her career

The story explores the poignant love affair between Ilka Weissnix, a Jewish refugee escaping Nazi Europe, and Carter Bayoux, a middle-aged black intellectual in America. Their relationship unfolds against a backdrop of cultural and racial differences, blending humor and sadness in a narrative that captures the complexities of love and identity during a tumultuous time. Lore Segal's novel delves into themes of displacement, connection, and the human experience amid societal challenges.

Exploring the universal longing for friendship, this collection of 13 interrelated stories delves into the nuances of loneliness and the joy of companionship. Segal captures the subtle drama and humor experienced by outsiders, while also celebrating the bliss that comes with love. Each narrative intertwines, revealing the complexities of human connections and the emotional landscapes that define our relationships.

Celebrated for nearly sixty years, the author has crafted exceptional fiction and essays that reflect the richness of American literature. This generous sampler showcases their profound contributions, highlighting the depth and quality of their work.

Five old friends meet to muse on life after ninety. Join their table

The first UK publication of Lore Segal's Pulitzer-finalist novel, following on from her acclaimed Ladies' Lunch

Lucinella zaczyna się jak klasyczna satyra na środowisko literackie. Od pierwszego zdania wszystko wskazuje na to, że mamy do czynienia z książką obśmiewającą mieszkańców słynnej kolonii pisarskiej Yaddo pod Nowym Jorkiem. Segal ukazuje zamkniętą społeczność poetów, krytyków i wydawców, których trawią jednakowe koszmary, lęki i nadzieje. Tytułowa bohaterka miota się pomiędzy nudną codziennością a własnym wyobrażeniem o sobie jako pisarce, między pragnieniem a niemożnością tworzenia. Lecz początkowy realizm opowieści wkrótce topnieje – pisze Barbara Kopeć-Umiastowska. – Do akcji wkraczają Zeus i Hera, krytycy literaccy przemawiają z Olimpu, dyskusje panelowe zamieniają się w teatr awangardowy, a narratorka w rożnych towarzyskich sytuacjach występuje równocześnie dodatkowo w dwóch osobach – jako Lucinella młodsza i Lucinella starsza. A zatem baśń? Owszem. Eksperyment literacki? Jak najbardziej. Zarazem jednak błyskotliwa i inteligentna opowieść o akcie tworzenia i sposobach istnienia literatury. Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury.