Stet
An Editor's Life
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Books
Published:2nd Dec '21
Should be back in stock very soon

Fresh re-issue of Diana Athill's candid memoir of a life spent working as an editor of some of the most celebrated writers of the post war generation.
Diana Athill helped shape some of the most celebrated books in modern literature. For nearly five decades, she edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) writers including Jean Rhys, V. S. Naipaul and Philip Roth. From the pleasures, intrigues and complexities of a life spent among authors and manuscripts to an account of Diana's own turn to writing, this is the story of an illustrious career.
Stet is unlike any other memoir I know, and a joy to read from start to finish * Independent on Sunday *
She is always eloquent, often very funny, a natural writer * Sunday Telegraph *
A narrative in which the passing literary stars take second place to an extraordinary guiding intelligence - sceptical, amused, humane * New Statesman *
Self-deprecating, clear-sighted and fun-loving, Athill comes through these pages as a deeply appealing personality. Her own writing style is classically elegant, making Stet a real gem * Mail on Sunday *
This is a memoir of a life in publishing, and is written with a lovely and elegant lucidity * Daily Telegraph *
To write well about the profession requires candour, wisdom, clarity, passion, a sense of proportion and above all a sense of humour...Fortunately Diana Athill has them in abundance * Independent on Sunday *
Athill has written a short book long on charm...She tells her own story lightly and delightfully * Daily Mail *
ISBN: 9781783787463
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 183g
256 pages