Alison Lurie
Alison Lurie
Alison Lurieis an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she has also written numerous non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 September 1926
CountryUnited States of America
dress impossible naked truth unless
We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.
travel zoos thinking
Many Americans think of the rest of the world as a kind of Disneyland, a showplace for quaint fauna, flora and artifacts. They dress for travel in cheap, comfortable, childish clothes, as if they were going to the zoo and would not be seen by anyone except the animals.
paper world pencils
With a pencil and paper, I could revise the world.