An appetite for life: The education of a young diarist, 1924-1927 - Hardcover

Ritchie, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0770515738 ISBN 13: 9780770515737

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada, 1977

Synopsis

Book by Ritchie, Charles

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Charles Ritchie's first volume of diaries, "The Siren Years, 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. "An Appetite for Life, 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.
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 ?at on his face - a thorough "appetite for life."
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.

About the Author:

One of Canada’s most distinguished diplomats, Charles Ritchie (1906–1995) had a brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps, serving as Canada’s ambassador to Bonn, West Germany; as Canadian Permanent Representative to the United Nations; as ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson; and as High Commissioner to London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan of Canada
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0770515738
• ISBN 13: 9780770515737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 173