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A review by jennifer
The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick
4.0
An engaging memoir about Gornick's abiding love for New York City, walking, literature, and a cherished friendship. Her observation of this relationship, and perhaps any intimate relationship, is keen:
"My friendship with Leonard began with me invoking the laws of love: the ones that involve expectancy. "We are one," I decided shortly after we met. "You are me, I am you, it is our obligation to save each other." It took years for me to realize this sentiment was off the mark. What we are, in fact, is a pair of solitary travelers slogging through the country of our lives, meeting up from time to time at the outer limit to give each other border reports."
The book itself is a sort of border report, gratefully received by this reader.
"My friendship with Leonard began with me invoking the laws of love: the ones that involve expectancy. "We are one," I decided shortly after we met. "You are me, I am you, it is our obligation to save each other." It took years for me to realize this sentiment was off the mark. What we are, in fact, is a pair of solitary travelers slogging through the country of our lives, meeting up from time to time at the outer limit to give each other border reports."
The book itself is a sort of border report, gratefully received by this reader.