Maybe: A Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens when memory itself becomes unreliable — when the past refuses to yield a single, stable truth? Maybe is Lillian Hellman's haunting and unconventional memoir-cum-narrative, which chronicles her lifelong acquaintance with a woman named Sarah Cameron, a figure so elusive and contradictory that Hellman ultimately cannot be certain whether her recollections are fact or fiction. Set against the glamorous and morally turbulent backdrops of New York and Europe in the mid-twentieth century, the book presents a deeply personal investigation into the nature of truth, identity, and the stories we construct about those we think we know. Hellman, celebrated as one of America's foremost playwrights and memoirists, brings her trademark precision and unflinching candour to this final, enigmatic work. Written in a style that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention, Maybe illustrates the profound instability of human memory while quietly arguing that the pursuit of truth is itself a form of storytelling. It is a book that rewards patient, curious readers — one that leaves its central mystery deliberately, beautifully unresolved.
Author: Lillian Hellman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Macmillan
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens when memory itself becomes unreliable — when the past refuses to yield a single, stable truth? Maybe is Lillian Hellman's haunting and unconventional memoir-cum-narrative, which chronicles her lifelong acquaintance with a woman named Sarah Cameron, a figure so elusive and contradictory that Hellman ultimately cannot be certain whether her recollections are fact or fiction. Set against the glamorous and morally turbulent backdrops of New York and Europe in the mid-twentieth century, the book presents a deeply personal investigation into the nature of truth, identity, and the stories we construct about those we think we know. Hellman, celebrated as one of America's foremost playwrights and memoirists, brings her trademark precision and unflinching candour to this final, enigmatic work. Written in a style that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and invention, Maybe illustrates the profound instability of human memory while quietly arguing that the pursuit of truth is itself a form of storytelling. It is a book that rewards patient, curious readers — one that leaves its central mystery deliberately, beautifully unresolved.