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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Genre
- Art & Culture
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Book Title
- Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
- Topic
- Books
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9780571339044
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Faber & Faber, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0571339042
ISBN-13
9780571339044
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038743364
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Faber and Faber : the Untold Story of a Great Publishing House
Subject
Publishing, Literary
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
25.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-394896
Reviews
"The persistence of Faber & Faber, which is now celebrating ninety years as an independent publisher, makes for a remarkable case study.... The Faber story certainly speaks volumes about the mix of passion, shrewdness, and luck that it takes to keep such an operation afloat." -- The New Yorker, "A namesake and descendant delivers a richly detailed biography of the distinguished British publishing house.After World War I, returning veteran Geoffrey Faber found himself relieved from a job for which he didn't have much talent, running a brewery, and talked his way into a medical publishing house, setting about diversifying the list with a literary magazine, works of fiction, and "legal cram books." While the last never came about, writes Faber (Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire, 2008, etc.), Geoffrey eventually shaped a list dominated by literature, publishing many of the greats. As he wrote to a friend, the company's new premises on Russell Square provided an incentive "to build up as fine a publishing business as we can to inhabit it!" As the author writes in this documentary biography of the company, Geoffrey was fortunate in taking on the American poet T.S. Eliot, so much an Anglophile as to be more English than the English, as an early editor. Eliot often rejected submissions, but he also encouraged work by poets such as W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, helping make Faber a major presence in the literary world from the 1930s on. At the same time, other editors and directors brought in notable writers such as William Golding, who delivered a manuscript that he called A Cry of Children, soon to be superseded by a Faber editor's much more memorable Lord of the Flies. The author isn't shy about sharing the fiscal details of publishing, opening with the old adage that the way to make a small fortune in the business is to start with a large one. He also provides insight into the publishing work of rock legend Pete Townshend, who, despairing of the future of his band, came to work for Faber & Faber in 1983, writing what one colleague called "good old-fashioned publishing reports, very serious, very diligent reports on the books we're considering."Students of modernist literature and publishing history will find this a pleasure. "-- Kirkus, ***"Anyone with an interest in the history of English-language publishing won't want to miss this thoroughlycharming history of the venerable British firm of Faber & Faber, which is celebrating its ninetiethanniversary. The story of how Faber has managed to remain independent for nearly a century--and duringa time of rampant consolidation in the industry--has much to do with luck, of course, but also withdetermined resilience, especially from the founder, Geoffrey Faber, who died in 1961. For most readers,though, the main point of interest here will be the substantial role in Faber's history played by its mostfamous editor, T. S. Eliot, who was hired by Faber in the twenties and whose stature as a poet and criticgave the firm instant credibility. Faber's reputation as a cutting-edge poetry publisher only grew as Eliotbrought W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Philip Larkin, and Ted Hughes to the house during the nextseveral decades. But Eliot's greatest contribution came later, after his death, with the sale to Andrew LloydWebber of the rights to Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats--the eventual success of the musical Catsdid more than any individual book to keep the company solvent and independent through the decades.Author Tony Faber, Geoffrey's grandson, wisely eschews a straightforward narrative history in favor of anoral-history approach, drawing liberally on correspondence between publishers, editors, and authors, butalso supplying valuable connective tissue in the form of brief but often witty introductions andcommentary. The result is a surprisingly jaunty, thoroughly readable look at literary publishing in thetwentieth century."-- Bill Ott, Booklist, "Culled from 90 years' worth of correspondence, board minutes, and other material from the Faber & Faber archives, this compilation from Faber (Fabergé's Eggs), the company's former managing director (and its founder's grandson), offers a uniquely close-up view of 20th-century literary history. It includes fascinating stories about now-canonical works, such as how Lord of the Flies was published by the company despite being rejected by a reader's note that dismissed the initial manuscript as an "absurd & uninteresting fantasy about the explosion of an atom bomb on the colonies." However, its greatest value lies in revealing the personalities of Faber & Faber's key figures, including Geoffrey Faber, who founded it in 1929; despite the company's name, he had no partner, but simply reasoned, as a friend advised him, "You can't have too much of a good thing." Perhaps most notably, the book gives a new view of longtime Faber & Faber director T.S. Eliot, who comes across as humane, witty, and deeply dedicated to the company, and whose friendship with Geoffrey Faber emerges as one of the 20th century's great unsung literary partnerships. Brimming with humanizing details and unforgettable literary personalities, Faber's compilation will be a delight for literature fans."--Agent: Peter Straus, Rogers Coleridge & White.(Aug.), Library Journal
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
070.50941
Synopsis
A vibrant history of the London publishing house Faber and Faber told in its own words. Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is for readers who love books and are curious about the business of writing. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the name 'Faber', as are the leafy squares of twentieth-century Bloomsbury. But what is the real tale behind the house that brought together these authors? And how did a tiny firm set up by two men in 1925 - weathering obstacles from wartime paper shortages to dramatic financial crashes - survive to this very day? Toby Faber has grown up with these stories, and uses a range of humorous and surprising sources to tell the history of the publisher in its own words. Drawing on material from memos to board minutes and unpublished memoirs, Faber takes us deep inside the evolution of the company: and along the way, we meet a cast of colourful characters that are stranger than fiction, whether poets or novelists, managers or editors. Decade by decade, Faber's portrait of one company's history becomes not only that of an entire century, but a hymn to the role of the arts in public life. Faber & Faber shows us how publishing can shift a nation's cultural conversation - and speaks directly to the way we engage with literature today., A vibrant history of the London publishing house Faber and Faber told in its own words. Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is for readers who love books and are curious about the business of writing., To celebrate its 90th anniversary, here is the untold story behind one of one of the world's most iconic publishing houses. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the name "Faber", as are the leafy squares of twentieth-century Bloomsbury. But what is the real tale behind the house that brought together these authors? And how did a tiny firm set up by two men in 1925 - weathering obstacles from wartime paper shortages to dramatic financial crashes - survive to this very day? Toby Faber has grown up with these stories, and uses a range of humorous and surprising sources to tell the history of the publisher in its own words. Drawing on material from memos to board minutes and unpublished memoirs, Faber takes us deep inside the evolution of the company: and along the way, we meet a cast of colorful characters that are stranger than fiction, whether poets or novelists, managers or editors. Decade by decade, Faber's portrait of one company's history becomes not only that of an entire century, but a hymn to the role of the arts in public life. It shows us how publishing can shift a nation's cultural conversation - and speaks directly to the way we engage with literature today., Celebrating the 90th anniversary of one of the world's most iconic independent publishing houses--home to such literary superstars as T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath--the grandson of its founder takes readers deep inside the evolution of the company.e company., How does a book make its way into the world? Why do some get rejected while others become classics? This intimate history of Faber & Faber weaves together the most entertaining, moving and surprising letters, diaries and memos from the archive to reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest literature of the twentieth century. Book jacket.
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- t***j (1735)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGreat Transaction - Item as Described - Packaged with Great Care - Fast Shipping - Many Thanks! A+++The Book Club of California: (Volume 87, No. 1, Winter 2022) (#405979437934)
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