Darlinghissima: Letters To A Friend - Softcover

Flanner, Janet (Genet)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 015623937X ISBN 13: 9780156239370

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2009

Synopsis

Janet Flanner's letters from Paris, written for the New Yorker under the pen name Genet, were widely read over a fifty-year span, which began shortly after the magazine's founding and continued until her retirement in 1975. Her crisp, elegant, and authoritative observations on European cultural, social, and political life made her one of the most respected journalists of her day. Now, through the hundreds of letters she wrote to her intimate friend, Natalia Danesi Murray, the witty and tender spirit behind her impersonal style for the New Yorker emerges in correspondence between two women from two different cultures living on two continents, yet entirely devoted to each other. The record of this extraordinary friendship has been amplified by Mrs. Murray's moving narrative of their life together and apart, revealing a gifted, loving, and noble individual who left an indelible image of a fascinating era.

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Product Description

Darlinghissima A witty and tender spirit emerges in Flanner's correspondance with her friend Natalia Danesi Murray, revealing a gifted person who left an indelible image of an era. Edited and with an Introduction by Natalia Danesi Murray; Index; photographs.

Synopsis

A portrait of a rich friendship between two woman presents a collection of letters spanning four decades, accompanied by reminiscences, that capture the culture and society, of an era and comment on European art, politics, social life, and celebrities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 015623937X
• ISBN 13: 9780156239370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552