by Diana Athill · Granta Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847084149
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«Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend» is Diana Athill's collection of letters, published by Granta Books in paperback (352 pages, in English).
The book brings together the letters Diana Athill exchanged over more than thirty years with the American poet Edward Field, with whom she shared confidences, humour and experiences with complete frankness. The correspondence covers her final years as an editor at Andre Deutsch, her retirement, her dedication to writing and her late fame, and shows a woman of sharp intelligence, great wit and fierce loyalty. The selection, editing and introduction are by the author herself.
Diana Athill (1917-2019) worked as an editor at Andre Deutsch for four decades and was the author of several memoirs, including Stet and Somewhere Towards the End. The edition includes notes by Athill herself.
For readers interested in literary correspondence and in memoirs by writers and editors.
Diana Athill was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company André Deutsch Ltd.
