Author

Contributions

  • Kaplan, Alice Yaeger - Contributor

Publication

2014 - The University of Chicago Press, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

37,500 words, Guess

Page Count

150 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780226308340
  • Open LibraryOL27168586M

Classifications

  • DDC844/.914
  • LCCPQ2613.R4323 P3513 2014
  • LCCPQ2613.R4323P3513

Description

With Palace of Books, the author invites us to explore the domain of literature, its sweeping vistas and hidden recesses. Engaging such fundamental questions as why people feel the need to write, or what is involved in putting one's self on the page, or how a writer knows she's written her last sentence, Grenier marshals apposite passages from his favorite writers: Chekhov, Baudelaire, Proust, James, Kafka, Mansfield and many others. Those writers mingle companionably with tales from Grenier's half-century as an editor and friend to countless legendary figures, including Albert Camus, Romain Gary, Milan Kundera, and Brassai.

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