The Absent Woman: The Genius of Janet Malcolm

An illuminating critical biography of one of our most influential nonfiction authors, New Yorker journalist Janet Malcolm.

A titan of American letters, Janet Malcolm was a writer with a far-reaching impact and cultlike following, even as she actively opposed being a literary celebrity. For The Absent Woman, journalist Eve Sneider, one of the first to be given access to Malcolm’s archive, creates a portrait of this notoriously private writer and her work, delving into the people and themes th...