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Porter, Anna

In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time

Simon & Schuster, 2018

27,50 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
2018
ISBN
9781476795133
Lugar de impresión
Toronto
Autor
Porter, Anna
Editores
Simon & Schuster
Edición
1st Canadian Edition.
Materia
CANADA BOOK TRADE PUBLISHING CANADIAN LITERATURE AUTHORS, BIOGRAPHY
Descripción
New
Descripción
H
Sobrecubierta
Conservación
Nuevo
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Copia autógrafa
No
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Descripción

"When Anna Porter arrived in Canada in 1968 with one battered suitcase, little money and a head full of dreams, she had no idea that this country would become her home for the rest of her life, or that she would play a major role in defining what it means to be a Canadian. And where better to become a Canadian than at McClelland & Stewart, an epicentre of cultural and artistic creation in post-Expo 67 Canada? In Other Words is a charming, lively, gossipy memoir of an intriguing life that spans a world war, a revolution, family secrets, ancient hatreds, and a dynamic cultural awakening in a new home. Porter's memoir takes you behind the scenes into the non-stop world of Jack McClelland, the swashbuckling head of M&S, whose celebrated authors. Laurence--dominated bestseller lists. She offers up intriguing portraits of struggling writers (often women), of prima donnas. whose excesses threatened to sink M&S, of exhausted editors dealing with intemperate authors, of crazy schemes to interest Canadians in buying books. She recalls the heady days when as the president of her own company, Key Porter Books, she dodged lawsuits, struggled with bank managers, and fought to sell Canadian authors around the world. And she brings to vivid life that time in our history when-- finally--the voices we wanted to listen to were our own. An entertaining and vivid portrait of a career spent in the publishing trenches. she offers readers an unforgettable portrait of what is lost and gained in a lifetime of telling stories." 464p.plates, index