For decades, French writer, editor, and publisher Roger Grenier has
been enticing readers with compact, erudite books that draw elegant
connections between the art of living and the work of art. Under
Grenier's wry gaze, cliches crumble, and offbeat anecdotes build to
powerful insights. With Palace of Books, he invites us to explore
the domain of literature, its sweeping vistas and hidden recesses.
Engaging such fundamental questions as why people feel the need to
write, or what is involved in putting one's self on the page, or
how a writer knows she's written her last sentence, Grenier
marshals apposite passages from his favorite writers: Chekhov,
Baudelaire, Proust, James, Kafka, Mansfield and many others. Those
writers mingle companionably with tales from Grenier's half-century
as an editor and friend to countless legendary figures, including
Albert Camus, Romain Gary, Milan Kundera, and Brassai, . Grenier
offers here a series of observations and quotations that feel as
spontaneous as good conversation, yet carry the lasting insights of
a lifetime of reading and thinking. Palace of Books is rich with
pleasures and surprises, the perfect accompaniment to old literary
favorites, and the perfect introduction to new ones.
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