All Authors are Equal

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Ali Authors are Equal Fredric Warburg In Fredric Warburg's íirst book, An Occupation for Centiemen, now recognised as a classic of publishing, he described his youth and his early adventures in the book trade, culminating in the foundation of Secker & Warburg. Ali Authors Are Equal carries the story forward from 1939 to his resignation in 1971. Longer and more versatile than its predecessor, it is imbued with the same spirit of irony that made the first book an immediate success. Ali Authors Are Equal will appeal to everyone who enjoys good books and the making of good books. It is indeed in important ways a contribution to literary history. The two chapters on George Orwell's Animál Farm and JVineteen Eighty-Four contain unique material which no future biographer can afiford to neglect. Orwell's success in finishing Nineteen Eighty-Four before he died is recorded in a deeply moving account of this heroic struggle. Another exciting chapter describes the author's prosecution in 1954... Tovább

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Ali Authors are Equal Fredric Warburg In Fredric Warburg's íirst book, An Occupation for Centiemen, now recognised as a classic of publishing, he described his youth and his early adventures in the book trade, culminating in the foundation of Secker & Warburg. Ali Authors Are Equal carries the story forward from 1939 to his resignation in 1971. Longer and more versatile than its predecessor, it is imbued with the same spirit of irony that made the first book an immediate success. Ali Authors Are Equal will appeal to everyone who enjoys good books and the making of good books. It is indeed in important ways a contribution to literary history. The two chapters on George Orwell's Animál Farm and JVineteen Eighty-Four contain unique material which no future biographer can afiford to neglect. Orwell's success in finishing Nineteen Eighty-Four before he died is recorded in a deeply moving account of this heroic struggle. Another exciting chapter describes the author's prosecution in 1954 for publishing an 'obscene' book, in a trial which must be considered as decisive in opening the door to the present permissive age in literature. The chapters on Kafka and the collected edition; on the translation of Róbert Musil's great növel, The Man Without Qualities, into English; on the re-creation ofjohn Aubrey's Brief Lives as a classic of English literature; on the deal with Heinemann which set the fashion for group publishing - are all in their own way important studies in literary or publishing history. Vissza