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Muse
Jonathan Galassi
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Description for Muse
Paperback. Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York. Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins. When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 226.
Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices belie the treasures of its list. Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins, whose outsize life and audacious verse have shaped America`s contemporary literary landscape, and whose longtime publisher happens to be Purcell & Stern's biggest rival. When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever.
Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices belie the treasures of its list. Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins, whose outsize life and audacious verse have shaped America`s contemporary literary landscape, and whose longtime publisher happens to be Purcell & Stern's biggest rival. When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784701109
SKU
V9781784701109
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99-87
About Jonathan Galassi
Jonathan Galassi is the president and publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the author of three collections of poetry, as well as acclaimed translations of the Italian poets Eugenio Montale and Giacomo Leopardi. A former Guggenheim Fellow and poetry editor of the Paris Review, he also writes for the New York Review of Books, the New Republic and other ... Read more
Reviews for Muse
Stylish
Observer
Entertaining
New Yorker
Entertaining, keenly observed, incisive
New York Times
Compelling... Galassi propels his readers forward on a thought-provoking, often hilarious, bittersweet ride... A bravura first novel
Los Angeles Review of Books
Accomplished, entertaining, affecting
New York Journal of Books ... Read more
Observer
Entertaining
New Yorker
Entertaining, keenly observed, incisive
New York Times
Compelling... Galassi propels his readers forward on a thought-provoking, often hilarious, bittersweet ride... A bravura first novel
Los Angeles Review of Books
Accomplished, entertaining, affecting
New York Journal of Books ... Read more