{"product_id":"avid-reader-a-life-paperback","title":"Avid Reader: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anne M. Sperber Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter editing \u003ci\u003eThe Columbia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, staging plays at Cambridge, and a stint in the greeting-card department of Macy's, Robert Gottlieb stumbled into a job at Simon and Schuster. By the time he left to run Alfred A. Knopf a dozen years later, he was the editor in chief, having discovered and edited \u003ci\u003eCatch-22 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, among other bestsellers. At Knopf, Gottlieb edited an astonishing list of authors, including Toni Morrison, John Cheever, Doris Lessing, John le Carré, Michael Crichton, Lauren Bacall, Katharine Graham, Robert Caro, Nora Ephron, and Bill Clinton--not to mention Bruno Bettelheim and Miss Piggy. In \u003ci\u003eAvid Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, Gottlieb writes with wit and candor about succeeding William Shawn as the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the challenges and satisfactions of running America's preeminent magazine. Sixty years after joining Simon and Schuster, Gottlieb is still at it--editing, anthologizing, and, to his surprise, writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut this account of a life founded upon reading is about more than the arc of a singular career--one that also includes a lifelong involvement with the world of dance. It's about transcendent friendships and collaborations, \"elective affinities\" and family, psychoanalysis and Bakelite purses, the alchemical relationship between writer and editor, the glory days of publishing, and--always--the sheer exhilaration of work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Gottlieb \u003c\/b\u003ehas been the editor in chief of Alfred A. Knopf and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Balanchine: The Ballet Maker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLives and Letters \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2011), and is the dance critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693703663679,"sku":"9781250141057","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/13707c4f22e9a16fc548673f24811490.webp?v=1764999695","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/avid-reader-a-life-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}