| Palace of Books Contributor(s): Grenier, Roger (Author), Kaplan, Alice (Translator), Kaplan, Alice (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 022637890X ISBN-13: 9780226378909 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 844.914 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 158 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades, French writer, editor, and publisher Roger Grenier has been enticing readers with compact, erudite books that draw elegant connections between the art of living and the work of art. Under Grenier's wry gaze, clich s crumble, and offbeat anecdotes build to powerful insights. With Palace of Books, he invites us to explore the domain of literature, its sweeping vistas and hidden recesses. Engaging such fundamental questions as why people feel the need to write, or what is involved in putting one's self on the page, or how a writer knows she's written her last sentence, Grenier marshals apposite passages from his favorite writers: Chekhov, Baudelaire, Proust, James, Kafka, Mansfield and many others. Those writers mingle companionably with tales from Grenier's half-century as an editor and friend to countless legendary figures, including Albert Camus, Romain Gary, Milan Kundera, and Brassai, . Grenier offers here a series of observations and quotations that feel as spontaneous as good conversation, yet carry the lasting insights of a lifetime of reading and thinking. Palace of Books is rich with pleasures and surprises, the perfect accompaniment to old literary favorites, and the perfect introduction to new ones. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kaplan, Alice: - Alice Kaplan is the author of French Lessons: A Memoir, The Collaborator, The Interpreter, and Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis, and the translator of OK, Joe, The Difficulty of Being a Dog, A Box of Photographs, and Palace of Books. Her books have been twice finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, once for the National Book Award, and she is a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She holds the John M. Musser chair in French literature at Yale. She lives in Guilford, Connecticut.Grenier, Roger: - Roger Grenier (1919-2017) was a French journalist, writer, and editor. He published over thirty novels, short stories, and literary essays and was the recipient of numerous prizes, including the Grand Prix de Littéature de l'Académie Française. For many years he was an editor at France's leading publishing house, Editions Gallimard. |