Kailash Moore từ Los Palacios, Cuba

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2019-12-04 16:30

Thế Nào Và Tại Sao: Hành Tinh Và Thám Hiểm Vũ Trụ - Những Cuộc Thám Hiểm Vào Không Gian Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Manfred Baur

Here is a story of why I am the best friend ever. Way back in aught 5 or so (oh my god, how was that a decade ago), I worked at Random House. I was and am still a smoker; I could and do tell so many stories about how smoking has directed and redirected the course of my life (here's one about books!). Anyway. There was a guy at RH I knew a bit because we smoked at the same time, and eventually I learned that he was like the head of marketing for a bunch of the big imprints. At one point he made me a casual offer that if there was any book I wanted an advance copy of that was from one of the imprints under his auspices, I had to but ask and he would find it for me. (My god, I miss those days.) So first I swooned. Then, tentatively, a few weeks later, I asked him for the new Barrico. And he got it for me! Emboldened, I then requested Embroideries, and, later, Karen Russell. He continued to deliver, nonplussed. THEN, many moons hence, I heard that Murakami was coming out with a new book soon (this was in early 2006, of course). Trembling with anticipation, I asked the fellow if there was any remote possibility that he might have a proof of it unearthable somewhere. And spolier: he did. But not just any proof. No, the next day I was handed an UNBOUND, FIRST-PASS DOCUMENT. In one of those clear binder-things that you used for book reports in grade school. 8-1/2 by 11. Crappy paper. Pre-production. My hands shook when I touched it. Now for the hitch: Only a few days later, I was to be on my way to a friend's wedding in Portland. This is not just any friend, but a really important friend, one who has contributed hugely to my literary development, by introducing me to such luminaries as Julio Cortázar, Unica Zurn, and yes, now that you mention it, our dear Haruki Murakami. As is surely obvious by now, this friend received Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, in a spiral-bound MS Word document, months before publication, as a wedding present. (Small consolation: I read the whole thing on the plane ride to Oregon. It is spectacular.)

Người đọc Kailash Moore từ Los Palacios, Cuba

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.