{"product_id":"9781944869533-rosset","title":"Rosset","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Life in Publishing and How I Fought Censorship\u003cbr\u003eGenetBeckettBurroughsMillerIonesco, Oe, Duras. Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. Hubert Selby Jr. and John Rechy. The legendary film \u003ci\u003eI Am Curious (Yellow)\u003c\/i\u003e. The books that assaulted the fort of propriety that was the United States in the 1950s and ’60s, \u003ci\u003eLady Chatterley’s Lover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tropic of Cancer. The Evergreen Review.\u003c\/i\u003e Victorian erotica.” \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e. A bombing, a sit-in, and a near-fistfight with Norman Mailer. The common thread between these disparate elements, a number of which reshaped modern culture, was Barney Rosset.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosset was the antidote to the trope of the gentleman publisher” personified by other pioneering figures of the industry such as Alfred A. Knopf, Bennett Cerf and James Laughlin. If Barney saw a crowd heading one wayhe looked the other. If he knew something was forbidden, he regarded it as a plus. Unsurprisingly, financial ruin, along with the highs and lows of critical reception, marked his career. But his unswerving dedication to publishing what he wanted made him one of the most influential publishers ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosset began work on his autobiography a decade before his death in 2012, and several publishers and a number of editors worked with him on the project. Now, at last, in his own words, we have a portrait of the man who reshaped how we think about language, literatureand sex. Here are the stories behind the filming of Norman Mailer’s \u003ci\u003eMaidstone\u003c\/i\u003e and Samuel Beckett’s \u003ci\u003eFilm\u003c\/i\u003e; the battles with the US government over \u003ci\u003eTropic of Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e and much else; the search for Che’s diaries; his romance with the expressionist painter Joan Mitchell, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt times appalling, more often inspiring, never boring or conventional: this is Barney Rosset, uncensored.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with black-and-white photographs; includes index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55862382068086,"sku":"9781944869533","price":15.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28240239.jpg?v=1751496020","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781944869533-rosset","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}