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Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House - Hardcover

Faber, Toby

 
9780571339044: Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0571339042 ISBN 13: 9780571339044
Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

First published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

As the grandson of Faber's founder, Toby Faber grew up steeped in the company's books and its stories. He was Faber's managing director for four years and remains a non-executive director and chairman of sister company Faber Music. He has written two celebrated works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Fabergé's Eggs, and his first novel, Close to the Edge, will be published by Muswell Press in 2019; Faber & Faber: The Untold Story was published in 2019. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

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This is the story of one of the world's great publishers told in its own words. Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished letters, minutes, memoirs and diaries, Toby Faber takes us deep inside the evolution of the company and the excitement, hopes and fears of the people who published and wrote the books that line our shelves today.

Highlights include Eliot's magnificent reader reports, Beckett on swearing and censorship, the publication of Finnegan's Wake, the rejection of Orwell's Animal Farm, P.D. James tasting her first avocado, the first reader's response to Heaney's Death of a Naturalist, Larkin's reluctance to attend poetry readings ('people's imaginary picture of you is always so much more flattering than the reality'), the discovery of Kazuo Ishiguro, and some sticky negotiations over book titles.

In the background, the publisher battles the Great Depression, wartime paper shortages and dramatic financial crises to retain its independence. The result is both a vibrant history and a hymn to the role of literature in all our lives.

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Verlag
Faber & Faber
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0571339042
ISBN 13 
9780571339044
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
448
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Faber & Faber
https://www.faber.co.uk/

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