Nom de Plume
by Carmela Ciuraru
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Critic Reviews: 16
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Synopsis
Clever and captivating brief biographies explore the secretive writers behind history's most famous and memorable pen names "Carmela Ciuraru's Nom de Plume deftly tells the stories of some of literature's most famous pen names. For anyone who creates the book will enthrall. As much a meditation on the creative process as it is a tell-all about their names and the intrigue that created them." -Associated Press What's in a name?
About Carmela Ciuraru
- All Critics: 16
- Positive: 15
- Negative: 1
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Book Forum | 20 Jun 2011
Pseudonyms are the subject of Carmela Ciuraru's engrossing, well-paced literary history Nom de Plume.
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Los Angeles Times | 8 Aug 2011
Ciuraru builds each history as its own personal story, then builds the literary charm and genius behind the pathos...creating a history of pseudonyms that becomes a tale of literary genius all its own.
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Boston Bibliophile | 5 Sep 2011
A collection of literary biographies about fiction writers from the 19th century to the 1970s who have used pseudonyms, Nom de Plume is a treat for lovers of literature.
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The Novel World | 11 Jun 2012
I think this book is great for English majors in college. Ciuraru provides interesting insight not only into the author’s lives but also their works and the contextual relevance...
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 Apr 2011
A collection of original literary biographies connected by a single circumstance that does not by itself suffice to pull them together.
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The Millions | 20 Jun 2011
I admire Ciuraru’s effort–I admire the considerable research she patently did, I admire her feeling for a great quotation, and I am glad that she was able to sell this idea and get the book published.
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The Washington Post | 17 Jun 2011
“Nom de Plume” is an interesting book, but by its very nature an odd one. After laying the groundwork in her thoughtful introduction,
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THE QUIVERING PEN | 22 May 2012
Each chapter of the book is an encapsulated life of an author who wrote behind the mask of an alias.
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The Wall Street Journal | 22 Jun 2011
The result is a history that often presents the pseudonym as symptom or retreat, a haven for the damaged or pathologically insecure.
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A Penny and Change | 15 Jun 2012
The author doesn’t let me down either. She’s adept at finding facts and translating historical information about the secretive lives of the authors, without excessive melodrama.
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In the Hammock Book Reviews | 23 Jul 2012
The author has a great way of getting the reader's attention at the start of each chapter with a statement about one of the eccentricities of the upcoming writer.
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The Seattle Times | 18 Jun 2011
The book is as much a meditation on the creative process as it is a tell-all about names and the intrigue, branding or mind games that created them.
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Booking Through 365 | 9 Jul 2012
This book on literary pseudonyms has become one of my favourite reads of the year. In fact, I may have stayed up late reading it on more than one occasion.
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Shelf Love | 12 Jul 2012
On the whole, however, I found this to be an engaging and entertaining read.
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Rebecca Reads | 21 Jun 2011
...was an enjoyable collection of miniature biographies about various literary figures throughout more recent history that have written and published under pseudonyms.
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Columbia Magazine
chronicles the lives of 16 notable authors who wrote under false names, and recounts the lives of the pseudonyms themselves.
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