The Tea Ceremony: The Uncollected Writings

by Gina Berriault

Book Overview

Compiled by Gina Berriault's daughter and by her long-time companion, Leonard Gardner, this collection opens with five stories, including, "The Figure Skater," the last story published before she died in 1999. Also here is the first section of the novel she left unfinished and her brilliant acceptance speech for the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Literature.

As reclusive as she was meticulous, Gina Berriault did not suffer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593760043
• ISBN13: 9781593760045
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Last collection of a truly great writer

Not the place to start if your new to Berriault (if you're new, try "Women In Their Beds" or "Afterwards").Berriault is one of the finest American writers of the last 50 years, despite the fact that her work is not well known. Perhaps no one writes better about the inner lives of women. And her sentences are always superb--lyrically honed, filled with insight.This collection is what you get after you've read everything else and there are some nice gems here too (some nice journalism, a very thoughtful interview, some uncollected stories). Go get your hands one aforementioned books!