Let Me Finish
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 015603218X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Now, in Let Me Finish, a deeply personal, fresh form of autobiography, he takes an unsentimental look at his early days as a boy growing up in Prohibition-era New York with a remarkable father; a mother, Katharine White, who was a founding editor of the New Yorker; and a famous stepfather, the writer E. Intimate, funny, and moving portraits form the book’s centerpiece as Angell remembers his surprising relatives, his early attraction to baseball in the time of Ruth and Gehrig and DiMaggio, and his vivid colleagues during a long career as a New Yorker writer and editor. Widely known as an original and graceful writer, Roger Angell has developed a devoted following through his essays in the New Yorker. White. B. Infused with pleasure and sadness, Angell’s disarming memoir also evokes an attachment to life’s better moments.
Somerset Maugham while vacationing in France in 1949). . It's the family drama that's of most immediate interest, as Angell recalls the divorce of his parents, Ernest and Katherine Angell, and his mother's subsequent remarriage to E.B. Perelman paid to W. Or perhaps readers will be more eager to hear about life at the New Yorker, especially since Angell admits, "I no longer expect to write" much more about his fellow writers and editors than the miniature portraits collected here (but thankfully we do have such scenes as the visit he and S.J. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Over the past few years, New Yorker readers have been treated to the occasional personal reflection from Angell, stepping outside his usual baseball beat to write about such intimacies as his passion f
Great story of a writer working as an editor in the New Yorker magazine. Enjoyable look at a writer's career at the New Yorker magazine. The narrative brings back many memories of growing up in New York. I highly recommend the book to those who are interested in reading about the life of writers.. Love Let Me Finish Nancy Wright Love it and am still reading parts of it, would buy it all over again.. "Hard Lines" softened in the telling; a warm wonderful memoir Roger Angell, at 88, is a lucky man. He thinks so himself. He's survived his knocks, his various unhapinesses - divorced parents, a divorce of his own, friends gone but not forgotten - and he appreciates what he has now, as well as what life has dealt him along the way. "Hard lines" is a phrase recalled from his college days, a shouted or whispered expression that