Download or read book Ornament and Silence written by Kennedy Fraser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1998-04-28 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fraser brings to the 14 essays in this indispensable volume the sensitivity, freshness of observation, and offhand elegance that makes her reportage for "The New York Times" so legendary. "Wonderfully idiosyncratic".--"Newsday".