quarta-feira, 13 de novembro de 2024

Citação de Avid Reader: A Life - Robert Gottlieb

Gostaria de partilhar uma citação do livro com que fiquei esta semana, Avid Reader: A Life de Robert Gottlieb.

"It was, then, a series of flukes that got me into publishing. A clever woman in an employment agency spotted something in me that she was certain matched something at Simon and Schuster; a sympathetic personnel director (whose career at S & S didn't last very long) who was under pressure to solve a problem; a woman who, without even meeting me, decided I might be the answer to the problem (we would become good friends); and a critical moment in the firm's life. Typically, I took it all for granted - at last, I assumed, my specialness was being acknowledged. " (p.41)

- Margarida Ferreira 

2 comentários:

  1. Que tal o livro, Margarida? A citação desperta curiosidade, gostava de saber o que achaste dele. Ate já!

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  2. Olá Nicoleta! Desculpa estar a responder tão tarde, mas do pouco que li achei muito interessante e gostei bastante do estilo de escrita do autor.

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