Ghosting
by Erdal, Jennie
Ghosting is a remarkable account of one woman's life - or, to be more accurate, lives. For fifteen years, Jennie Erdal had a double existence: officially she worked as a personal editor for one particular man - Tiger - but in reality she was his ghost-writer and in some mysterious sense his alter ego. During this time she wrote a great deal that appeared under his name - from personal letters and business correspondence to newspaper columns, novels and full length books. Ghosting moves from a vivid evocation of an austere upbringing in Fife to superbly rendered portraits of the people with whom Jennie Erdal worked at a London-based publishing house, chief among them Tiger, the larger-than-life character with whom the author had a unique and symbiotic relationship; professionally hidden, yet somehow truthful and intimate. This moving and beautifully written memoir is laced throughout with rich, quiet comedy and profound insights into what it means to be human and to live in language. Ghosting is a meditation on words, identity and creativity, but above all it is a portrait of a uniquely intimate relationship between a man and a woman.
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Ghosting: a memoir
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NY: Doubleday, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 270 pages. In the early eighties, Jennie Erdal was hired by a flamboyant British publisher she calls Tiger to be his specialist editor for Russian books. By degrees he co-opted her time and loyalty, to the point where she ended up becoming his… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOFTBACK, ?GHOSTING A MEMOIR,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Uncorrected Proof.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: Canongate.* Binding and cover condition: Text only soft white card covers slightly grubby. No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases & dish to spine. Lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT… Read more about this item Item Price
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