A glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross. Together: they invented modern magazine journalism. Includes an introductory interview by Susan Morrison with Anderson about transforming fact into a fiction and the creation of his homage to these exceptional reporters.
Wes Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Isle of Dogs. His latest film is The French Dispatch. Susan Morrison has been the Articles Editor of The New Yorker for twenty-three years. David Brendel is a New York-based screenwriter, journalist, and documentarian.
Title: An Editor's Burial: Journals and Journalism from the New Yorker and Other Magazines
Author: Wes Anderson
ISBN: 9781782276647
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Publisher: Pushkin Press
Publication Date: 2021-10-07
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 0.3091 kg
For anyone hoping to truly appreciate The French Dispatch, An Editor's Burial should be required reading... another of Wes Anderson's impeccably curated confections, designed to make you laugh, cry, and smile wryly * Frenchly *