Lucinella : a novel
Lore Groszmann Segal (Author)
The story of the whimsical New York poet Lucinella and her adventures among the literati. It starts at Yaddo writers colony, where life is idyllic, meals are served to you in your rooms, and cocktails are ready at day's end and still the writers complain and compete. Then it moves back to New York City, where the pampered once again face reality, and wonder: Will a different husband or the right publisher or the perfect filing system put life in order? Lucinella and her circle feel lacking and keep looking, busily going to parties and watching one another 's lives closely for signs of happiness, love and despair. Segal depicts it all with a perfect blend of love and malice. And at the center is Lucinella herself, so full of humanity and frailty that these divertissements do her to death
Print Book, English, 1976
First edition
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1976