JACQUES SCHIFFRIN

Jacques Schiffrin changed the face of publishing in the twentieth century. As the founder of Pléiade Editions in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, he helped define a lasting canon of Western literature while also promoting new authors who shaped t ransatlantic intellectual life. In this first biography of Schiffrin, Amos Reichman tells the story of a great publisher and his tra vails across two continents.Just as he influenced the literary trajectory of the twentieth century, Schiffrins life was affected by its tumu...[Llegir més]