The Liars' Club

When it was published in 1995, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, as well as bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger’s—a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the sher...

When it was published in 1995, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club took the world by storm and raised the art of the memoir to an entirely new level, as well as bringing about a dramatic revival of the form. Karr’s comic childhood in an east Texas oil town brings us characters as darkly hilarious as any of J. D. Salinger’s—a hard-drinking daddy, a sister who can talk down the sheriff at twelve, and an oft-married mother whose accumulated secrets threaten to destroy them all. Now with a new introduction that discusses her memoir’s impact on her family, this unsentimental and profoundly moving account of an apocalyptic childhood is as "funny, lively, and un-put-downable" ( USA Today ) today as it ever was.

玛丽·卡尔（ Mary Karr）

1955年生于美国得克萨斯州。美国诗人、作家。

1989年曾因诗作荣获怀丁作家奖，之后又相继荣获手推车奖（1995）、古根海姆奖（2004），而让她真正蜚声国际的作品是1995年出版的回忆录《只要说出来你就会好很多》（The Liars' Club: A Memoir），出版后登上《纽约时报》畅销榜，被《时代》《娱乐周刊》《纽约时报》等媒体评选为1995年年度图书。她的其他作品包括《自我与面具：回忆录写作的艺术》、回忆录《彻丽》，以及诗集《魔鬼之旅》等。卡尔是美国锡拉丘兹大学的文学教授，现居纽约州。