The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the gilded drawing rooms of Eton to the literary salons of 1930s Vienna and London, The Whispering Gallery is the first volume of John Lehmann's remarkable autobiography — a vivid chronicle of a young man's coming-of-age at the very heart of the twentieth century's most turbulent creative era. Lehmann, poet, publisher, and editor extraordinaire, recounts his formative years with remarkable intimacy, tracing his friendships with some of the greatest writers of his generation, including Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, and Christopher Isherwood, while navigating the political storm clouds gathering over pre-war Europe. Written with the precision of a poet and the sweep of a cultural historian, this memoir stands as an irreplaceable document of the modernist literary world, capturing both the brilliance and the fragility of an age on the brink of catastrophe. Lehmann's prose is elegant and unhurried, painting a world of intellectual passion, personal conflict, and artistic ambition with equal authority. As the editor of New Writing — the influential periodical that gave voice to a generation — he occupied a singular vantage point, and his recollections reveal the private conversations, rivalries, and inspirations that shaped an era. For anyone drawn to the inner life of twentieth-century letters, this memoir promises revelations on every page.
Author: John Lehmann
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Readers Union / Longmans, Green
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
From the gilded drawing rooms of Eton to the literary salons of 1930s Vienna and London, The Whispering Gallery is the first volume of John Lehmann's remarkable autobiography — a vivid chronicle of a young man's coming-of-age at the very heart of the twentieth century's most turbulent creative era. Lehmann, poet, publisher, and editor extraordinaire, recounts his formative years with remarkable intimacy, tracing his friendships with some of the greatest writers of his generation, including Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, and Christopher Isherwood, while navigating the political storm clouds gathering over pre-war Europe. Written with the precision of a poet and the sweep of a cultural historian, this memoir stands as an irreplaceable document of the modernist literary world, capturing both the brilliance and the fragility of an age on the brink of catastrophe. Lehmann's prose is elegant and unhurried, painting a world of intellectual passion, personal conflict, and artistic ambition with equal authority. As the editor of New Writing — the influential periodical that gave voice to a generation — he occupied a singular vantage point, and his recollections reveal the private conversations, rivalries, and inspirations that shaped an era. For anyone drawn to the inner life of twentieth-century letters, this memoir promises revelations on every page.