Instead of a book
Subtitle: letters to a friend
By: Diana Athill
Contributors: Field, Edward, 1924-
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781847084125
Subjects: Correspondence; English Women authors; Women editors
Description: Written in an even more vivid and direct style than her celebrated memoirs, Diana Athill's letters to the American poet Edward Field reveal a sharply intelligent woman with a brilliant sense of humour, a keen eye for the absurd, a fierce loyalty and a passionate zest for life.