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The tender hour of twilight : Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s : a memoir of publishing's golden age
Title:
The tender hour of twilight : Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s : a memoir of publishing's golden age
ISBN:
9780374273781
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxi, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Paris, 1950. Café sitting at St. Germain ; Meeting Alex Trocchi ; Meeting Merlin ; Tracking down the work ; From Dublin to Galway ; Financing a magazine ; Waiting for Beckett ; Meeting Sartre ; American in Paris ; To Paris, by Tiger, by foot, by bus, by bicycle ; A room with a view ; Patsy of my youthful heart ; Enter Enrico (stage left) ; Name-dropping, or, An evening with Orson ; Brendan incoming ; Thief, pederast-- and genius ; Big decisions, taken hesitantly ; Bigger decision, no hesitation ; A bigger decision ; Enter Maurice ; High finance and misdemeanor ; Questions of conscience ; Meeting Barney Rosset ; Beckett's back in town ; The sun also sets -- New York, 1960s. America the beautiful ; Join the Navy and see the world ; A new life ; To the budding grove ; Lady Chatterley's lawyers ; Back with Beckett ; Reenter Trocchi ; Coenties Slip (at last!) ; The (over)heated Tropics ; Frankfurt bei Nacht ; The United States v. Tropic of Cancer : Spring 1960 ; Exit Trocchi ; Naked lunch ; Formentor ; City of night ; Film ; Plays and playwrights ; Return to Paris for Jeannette and Genet ; Leaving Coenties Slip ; LAst exit to Brooklyn ; The Grove method : a top-line approach to publishing ; The autobiography of Malcolm X ; Story of O ; Grove goes public ; Genet comes to America ; The 1968 Convention ; And now for my fee ; Goeth before a fall ; Fur, leather, and machine workers, arise ; Retreat to Eleventh Street.
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Summary:
A personal account by the late founder of Arcade Publishing documents his experiences in the literary world of the mid-20th century, describing his efforts to overcome U.S. censorship laws and introduce readers to important written works.
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