Joyride
A Memoir
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- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
'An exuberant, inspiring memoir' Guardian
'Brilliant...A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir' Wall Street Journal
'In Joyride, the takeaway often has as much to do with the art of living as the art of writing' Elle
'Wise and exuberant...It's funny, as well. Just masterful' David Sedaris
'Superbly good...Ebullient, frank, moving, and inspiring' Booklist (starred review)
'The story of my life is the story of my stories,' writes Susan Orlean in this exhilarating memoir from one of the greatest practitioners of narrative nonfiction of our time. Joyride is Orlean's most personal book ever, a searching
journey through finding her feet as a journalist, recovering from the excruciating collapse of her first marriage, falling head over heels in love again, becoming a mother while mourning the decline of her own mother, sojourning to Hollywood for films based on her work (including Adaptation and Blue Crush) and confronting mortality.
Joyride is also a time machine to a bygone era of journalism, from Orlean's bright start in the golden age of alt-weeklies to her careermaking days working alongside such icons as Tina Brown, David Remnick, Anna Wintour
and Sonny Mehta, forces who shaped the media industry as we know it today.
Infused with Orlean's signature warmth and wit, Joyride is a must-read for anyone who hungers to start, build and sustain a creative life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Orlean (The Library Book) offers a master class in nonfiction writing and an indelible portrait of a bygone era of magazine journalism in this excellent personal history. Prompted by the 25th anniversary of her bestseller The Orchid Thief, Orlean takes stock of what she's seen and learned since she took her first writing job in 1978 at an alt-weekly in Portland, Ore. The author recalls landing that gig with little more than pluck and a single clip, and describes an on-the-fly education that taught her to chase her own curiosity and develop the distinctive voice that would bring her fame. She brings readers behind the scenes of some of her best-known long-form articles, including profiles of an ordinary 10-year old boy from New Jersey for Esquire, surfer girls in Hawaii for Outside Women (which inspired the film Blue Crush), and an Ashanti king who worked as a taxi driver in Long Island for the New Yorker, describing how she infused each piece with surprising layers of complexity and wonder. Journalism junkies will also enjoy Orlean's tales of working alongside publishing icons including Tina Brown, Robert Gottleib, and Anna Wintour. Writers new and established will savor every word.
