Trifles Make Perfection and Perfection is No Trifle
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Trifles Make Perfection and Perfection is No Trifle by Joseph Wechsberg
JOSEPH WECHSBERG, was among a generation of writers that included M.F.K. Fisher, A.J. Liebling, and Ludwig Bemelmans. Many of them found a home for their work at The New Yorker and were given carte blanche to tackle any subject they found appealing. For Wechsberg, this included most of what he perceived as the cultural life of the civilized world: music, food, travel, and the history of banking and finance. Always central to these essays and portraits were men of acknowledged accomplishment, whose lives he tried to understand in both the contexts of their own personalities and of the cultures that shaped them. Wechsberg was a man who valued perfection for its own sake, seeing its quest as worthy and its attainment as eminently possible. Reading him is like fine dining: the food is exquisite, the choice of wine perfect, and one leaves the experience feeling warmed, flattered, and fulfilled. This generous selection of his very best, now in paperback, is sure to satisfy any civilized palate.
Czech-American journalist and writer Joseph Wechsberg (1907-83) served for 30 years as the European correspondent for the New Yorker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781567920925 |
| ISBN 10 | 1567920926 |
| Title | Trifles Make Perfection and Perfection is No Trifle |
| Author | Joseph Wechsberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | David R. Godine Publisher Inc |
| Year published | 1999-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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