Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

First published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing.

'A striking drama.'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Never less than fascinating.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in twentieth-century literature . . . a treasure trove.'
SCOTSMAN

'The details here do consistently shine.'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Ingeniously compiled . . . charming and quirky'
EVENING STANDARD

Told in its own words, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishers, capturing the excitement, hopes and fears of the people who published and wrote the books that line our shelves today. Including archive material from T. S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, P. D. James, Kazuo Ishiguro and Philip Larkin, this is both a vibrant history and a hymn to the role of literature in all our lives.

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Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

First published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing.

'A striking drama.'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Never less than fascinating.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in twentieth-century literature . . . a treasure trove.'
SCOTSMAN

'The details here do consistently shine.'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Ingeniously compiled . . . charming and quirky'
EVENING STANDARD

Told in its own words, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishers, capturing the excitement, hopes and fears of the people who published and wrote the books that line our shelves today. Including archive material from T. S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, P. D. James, Kazuo Ishiguro and Philip Larkin, this is both a vibrant history and a hymn to the role of literature in all our lives.

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Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

by Toby Faber
Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

Faber & Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House

by Toby Faber

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Overview

First published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishing houses - a delight for all readers who are curious about the business of writing.

'A striking drama.'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Never less than fascinating.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in twentieth-century literature . . . a treasure trove.'
SCOTSMAN

'The details here do consistently shine.'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Ingeniously compiled . . . charming and quirky'
EVENING STANDARD

Told in its own words, this is the story of one of the world's greatest publishers, capturing the excitement, hopes and fears of the people who published and wrote the books that line our shelves today. Including archive material from T. S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, P. D. James, Kazuo Ishiguro and Philip Larkin, this is both a vibrant history and a hymn to the role of literature in all our lives.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780571339068
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication date: 04/30/2019
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

As the grandson of Faber's founder, Toby Faber grew up steeped in the company's books and its stories. He was Faber's managing director for four years and remains a non-executive director and chairman of sister company Faber Music. He has written two celebrated works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Fabergé's Eggs, and his first novel, Close to the Edge, will be published by Muswell Press in 2019. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.


Stradivarius and Fabergé's Eggs, and his first novel, Close to the Edge, will be published by Muswell Press in 2019; Faber & Faber: The Untold Story was published in 2019. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

Table of Contents

List of plates: A selection of Faber jacket designs ix

Introduction xi

1 1924-1929

'She dislikes Elliott's poems very much' 1

2 1929-1935

'The Russell Square Twins' 64

3 1936-1939

'With a very real danger of war' 104

4 1939-1945

'Riding high on the crest of the highest wave' 138

5 1945-1950

'It taught me a valuable lesson' 182

6 1951-1960

'Flair rather than taste' 200

7 1960-1970

'People feel that we are smug' 259

8 1971-1979

'A reasonable hope of survival' 319

9 1980-1986

'Faber has been taken over by a different generation' 353

10 1986-1990

'A week is a long time in publishing' 387

Afterword 399

Appendix: Faber & Faber Sales and Profit History, 1929-1990 403

Acknowledgements 406

Index 411

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