{"product_id":"9780771075254","title":"An Appetite for Life: The Education of a Young Diarist, 1924-1927","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eRitchie, Charles\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMcClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/15\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eCharles Ritchie’s first volume of diaries, \u003ci\u003eThe Siren Years\u003c\/i\u003e, created a sensation when  it was published in 1974. Besides winning the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction,  it was hailed by reviewers on both sides of the Atlantic. \u003ci\u003eAn Appetite for Life\u003c\/i\u003e, his  second volume, first published in 1977, deals with his youth in Halifax and his career  at Oxford—the years when Charles Ritchie turned from a callow, blundering youth  into a callow, blundering young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As these diaries show, Charles Ritchie had  a sharp eye, a keen ear, a highly developed sense of the absurd, and—despite his  unhappy knack of landing flat on his face —a thorough “appetite for life.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This  is not only a hilariously funny book, but it presents a vivid picture of two worlds—Halifax and Oxford in the mid-twenties—that are now long gone. It also introduces  us to an astonishing range of characters, but the most astonishing of all is the  young Charles Ritchie himself.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44219826438399,"sku":"9780771075254","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780771075254_s600x595.jpg?v=1782316481","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780771075254","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}