Fluent in the Language of Style
Briefly

Judith Thurman notices everything.Meticulous observation has been a hallmark of her 50-year career as a writer whose laser-sharp gaze traverses millenniums, countries and genres.She is as interested in the faintest details of Stone Age cave paintings (which she descended to examine for herself, flashlight in hand) as she is in little-known dying languages (such as Maltese), Emily Dickinson's poetry, Schiaparelli's fashions or the life of Helen Gurley Brown.
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