Pentimento: a Book of Portraits

by Lillian Hellman

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The second volume of memoirs from the acclaimed playwright and National Book Award-winning author.

In this widely praised follow-up to her National Book Award-winning first volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, the legendary playwright Lillian Hellman looks back at some of the people who, wittingly or unwittingly, exerted profound influence on her development as a woman and a writer. The portraits include Hellman's recollection of a lifelong friendship that began in childhood, reminiscences that formed the basis of the Academy Award-winning film Julia.
  • ISBN10 0316352888
  • ISBN13 9780316352888
  • Publish Date 29 March 2000
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Little, Brown & Company
  • Imprint Little, Brown and Company
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English