Stet by Diana Athill

Stet by Diana Athill

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This is Diana Athill's memoir of her life in publishing. It includes her reflections on editing writers such as V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, Gitta Sereny and Brian Moore. Athill also offers an account of her own writing career, which includes the works, "Instead of a Letter" and "After a Funeral".

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Stet by Diana Athill

This is Diana Athill's memoir of her time spent working with some of the charismatic characters that dominate 20th-century literature. She recounts tales from a life in publishing - including her reflections on editing writers such as V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, Gitta Sereny and Brian Moore. She also offers an account of her own writing career, which includes the works, "Instead of a Letter" and "After a Funeral".
Diana Athill was born in 1917. Together with Andr Deutsch she established the publishing house that bore his name, where she worked untiol her retiremant in 1985. Her earlier books include Instead of a Letter and After a Funeral, now republished by Granta Books. Diana will be doing a lot of national and regional radio around the time of publication including appearances on Woman's Hour and Book of the Week on Radio 4, and in London on GLR and BBC Thames Valley. Both Diana and Stet will be appearing in all the major national newspapers.- catch any one of these to see what the fuss is about!
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ISBN 13 9781862073883
ISBN 10 1862073880
Title Stet
Author Diana Athill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2000-07-28
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.