{"product_id":"lives-and-letters-hardcover","title":"Lives and Letters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe product of a lifetime immersed in the literary, performing arts, and entertainment worlds, Robert Gottlieb's\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLives and Letters \u003c\/i\u003espotlights the work, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achievements of a vast array of celebrated writers and performers in film, theater, and dance, and some of the more curious iconic public figures of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the world of literature, Charles Dickens, James Thurber, Judith Krantz, John Steinbeck, and Rudyard Kipling; the controversies surrounding Bruno Bettelheim and Elia Kazan; and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and her editor, Maxwell Perkins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom dance and theater, Isadora Duncan and Margot Fonteyn, Serge Diaghilev and George Balanchine, Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Hollywood, Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, Douglas Fairbanks and Lillian Gish, Tallulah Bankhead and Katharine Hepburn, Mae West and Anna May Wong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn New York, Diana Vreeland, the Trumps, and Gottlieb's own take on the contretemps that followed his replacing William Shawn at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so much more . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Gottlieb \u003c\/b\u003e(1931 - 2023) was a legendary book editor and writer who shaped the modern literary canon. He was editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, the head of Alfred A. Knopf, and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He contributed frequently to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e New York Observer \u003c\/i\u003eas dance critic.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHis books include\u003ci\u003e Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens, George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker, Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAvid Reader: A Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecollection of essays\u003ci\u003e Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2015, he was presented with the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A documentary film exploring his fifty-year relationship with the writer Robert Caro, \u003ci\u003eTurn Every Page, \u003c\/i\u003e was released in 202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.41 x 9.16 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Award (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759290024224,"sku":"9780374298821","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dab5230d02908783d600a0f760234397.webp?v=1780148213","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lives-and-letters-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}