Back Then: Two Literary Lives in 1950s New York - Brossura

Bernays, Anne; Kaplan, Justin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060958057 ISBN 13: 9780060958053

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2003

Riassunto

An anecdotal account of two people coming of age in privileged New York society is a dual memoir that traces the writing couple's careers in publishing, their married life, experiences in apartment living, and challenges as parents as they witness the social revolutions, McCarthyism, and Cold War of the second half of the twentieth century. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Anne Bernays, a novelist and writing teacher, is the author of eight novels, including Professor Romeo and Growing Up Rich, as well as two works of nonfiction, including The Language of Names written with Justin Kaplan and What If? written with Pamela Painter. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous major publications, among them The Nation, the New York Times, Town & Country, and Sports Illustrated. She lives in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts with her husband, Justin Kaplan. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.

Justin Kaplan is also the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is general editor of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to the novelist Anne Bernays. They have three daughters and six grandchildren, and live in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts.

Product Description:

Novelist Anne Bernays and biographer Justin Kaplan -- both native New Yorkers -- came of age in the 1950s, when the pent-up energies of the Depression years and World War II were at flood tide. Written in two separate voices, "Back Then" is thecandid, anecdotal account of these two children of privilege -- one from New York's East Side, the other from the West Side -- pursuing careers in publishing and eventually leaving to write their own books. Infused with intelligence and charm, "Back Then" is an elegant reflection on the transformative years in the lives of two young people and New York City. Marked by their youthful passions, this double memoir marries the authors' distinct literary styles with a riveting narrative that captures the density and texture of private, social, and working life in the 1950s.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060958057
• ISBN 13: 9780060958053
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320