Pride and Pleasure: On the Pleasures of Biography

Name: Pride and Pleasure: On the Pleasures of Biography
ISBN: 9781400249190

National Book · 2025 · Shortlist

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Farrar, Straus and GirouxSeptember 3, 2024Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9781400249190

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography	2025	Shortlist

About This Book

Amanda Vaill's meditation on the art of biography draws on her own experience writing lives of Vera and Leonard Bernstein and others. A finalist for the NBCC Award for Biography 2025.

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Pride and Pleasure: On the Pleasures of Biography

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About This Book

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