Decorating a Room of One's Own

Wickedly funny interviews with fictional literary characters about their homes and dwellings using the language of contemporary interior design reportage

Zusatztext "The hardest thing about living in an enormous country house? The lack of closet space! according to Elizabeth Bennet! who can't quite believe how many guns husband Darcy has been cramming into the wardrobe. Intrigued? There's plenty more where that came from in Susan Harlan's coffee table tome Decorating a Room of One's Own. A beautifully illustrated spoof on interiors! Harlan "interviews" the residents of famous literary homes (think Lady Macbeth's castle or Jay Gatsby's mansion)! resulting in an amusing collection of conversations on home décor quite unlike anything we've heard before." Informationen zum Autor Susan Harlan is an associate professor of English literature at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a writer whose work has appeared in the Guardian US, the Toast, Roads & Kingdoms, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Literary Hub, Jezebel, Curbed, the Hairpin, the Establishment, the Common, and the Awl. Klappentext What would Little Women be without the charms of the March family's cozy New England home? Getting lost in the setting of a good book can be half the pleasure of reading, and Great House Therapy brings literary backdrops to the foreground in this wryly affectionate satire of interior design reportage. English professor and humorist Susan Harlan interviews the residents who reveal their true tastes: Lady Macbeth's favorite room in the castle, or the design inspiration behind Jay Gatsby's McMansion of unfulfilled dreams. Zusammenfassung What would Little Women be without the charms of the March family's cozy New England home? Or Wuthering Heights without the ghost-infested Wuthering Heights? Getting lost in the setting of a good book can be half the pleasure of reading! and Decorating a Room of One's Own brings literary backdrops to the foreground in this wryly affectionate satire of interior design reporting. English professor and humorist Susan Harlan spoofs decorating culture by reimagining its subject as famous fictional homes and interviews the residents who reveal their true tastes: Lady Macbeth's favorite room in the castle! or the design inspiration behind Jay Gatsby's McMansion of unfulfilled dreams. Featuring 30 entries of notable dwellings! sidebars such as Setting Up an Ideal Governess's Room! and four-color spot illustrations throughout! Decorating a Room of One's Own is the ideal book for readers who appreciate fine literature and a good end table. ...

Autorentext

Susan Harlan is an associate professor of English literature at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a writer whose work has appeared in the Guardian US, the Toast, Roads & Kingdoms, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Literary Hub, Jezebel, Curbed, the Hairpin, the Establishment, the Common, and the Awl.

Klappentext

What would Little Women be without the charms of the March family's cozy New England home? Getting lost in the setting of a good book can be half the pleasure of reading, and Great House Therapy brings literary backdrops to the foreground in this wryly affectionate satire of interior design reportage. English professor and humorist Susan Harlan interviews the residents who reveal their true tastes: Lady Macbeth's favorite room in the castle, or the design inspiration behind Jay Gatsby's McMansion of unfulfilled dreams.

Zusammenfassung
What would Little Women be without the charms of the March family’s cozy New England home? Or Wuthering Heights without the ghost-infested Wuthering Heights? Getting lost in the setting of a good book can be half the pleasure of reading, and Decorating a Room of One’s *Own brings literary backdrops to the foreground in this wryly affectionate satire of interior design reporting. English professor and humorist Susan Harlan spoofs decorating culture by reimagining its subject as famous fictional homes and “interviews” the residents who reveal their true tastes: Lady Macbeth’s favorite room in the castle, or the design inspiration behind Jay Gatsby’s McMansion of unfulfilled dreams. Featuring 30 entries of notable dwellings, sidebars such as “Setting Up an Ideal Governess’s Room,” and four-color spot illustrations throughout, Decorating a Room of One’s Own* is the ideal book for readers who appreciate fine literature and a good end table.