Muse
Published on 14. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-78470-110-9 (ISBN)
Description
Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices belie the treasures of its list.
Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins, whose outsize life and audacious verse have shaped America's contemporary literary landscape, and whose longtime publisher happens to be Purcell & Stern's biggest rival.
When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever.
Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins, whose outsize life and audacious verse have shaped America's contemporary literary landscape, and whose longtime publisher happens to be Purcell & Stern's biggest rival.
When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret - one that will change all of their lives forever.
Reviews / Votes
Stylish * Observer * Entertaining * New Yorker * Entertaining, keenly observed, incisive * New York Times * Compelling... Galassi propels his readers forward on a thought-provoking, often hilarious, bittersweet ride... A bravura first novel * Los Angeles Review of Books * Accomplished, entertaining, affecting * New York Journal of Books * Muse is quintessentially stylish, as well as a poetic contemplation on the mythologising of authors...and the impact of fame on life * Observer * There is throughout this book a combination of delicacy and vigour. -- Maureen N. McLane * Vice UK * [Galassi] writes with the fluency and authority of someone who has lived within the circles and scenes he typifies. -- Claire Hazelton * Guardian * [A] smart, satirical debut. -- Caroline Leeming * Sunday Express * Brimming with insider details...the book is a testament to the purity of the written word and the turmoil that can be required to get it on paper. * New Yorker *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
193 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78470-110-9 (9781784701109)
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Jonathan Galassi is the president and publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the author of three collections of poetry, as well as acclaimed translations of the Italian poets Eugenio Montale and Giacomo Leopardi. A former Guggenheim Fellow and poetry editor of the Paris Review, he also writes for the New York Review of Books, the New Republic and other publications.