NY Observer > The Knopf Publishing Group http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/35733/feed Articles from Observer.com en Marty Asher On His Departure from Vintage Anchor http://www.observer.com/2008/marty-asher-his-departure-vintage-anchor

Editors and other staff at the Knopf Publishing Group were informed this morning that Marty Asher, who has served as editor-in-chief of the company's paperback division Vintage Anchor for two decades, had decided to step down in favor of a quieter, less administrative job as an editor-at-large at Knopf.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/marty-asher-his-departure-vintage-anchor#comments Media Martin Asher The Knopf Publishing Group Vintage Anchor Mon, 19 May 2008 15:35:37 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 69382 at http://www.observer.com Carving Out the Editors http://www.observer.com/2007/carving-out-editors

James Campbell of The Guardian considers "restorations" through the publication of Raymond Carver's short stories with handy slicing and rewriting work of his editor Gordon Lish taken out. On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Native Son by Richard Wright are other restoration cases that have drawn attention in the past few years.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/carving-out-editors#comments Arts & Culture Raymond Carver The Knopf Publishing Group Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:43:53 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61317 at http://www.observer.com The War Over War and Peace http://www.observer.com/2007/war-over-war-and-peace

Two new translations of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace will be published in the United States this fall, one claiming to be the definitive version and the other claiming to be the long lost, more accessible first draft.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/war-over-war-and-peace#comments Media Ecco Press Leo Tolstoy The Knopf Publishing Group Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:11:02 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 57202 at http://www.observer.com Bernstein Writes the Book on Hillary http://www.observer.com/2007/bernstein-writes-book-hillary

Carl Bernstein's next book: A biography of Hillary Clinton.

The deal is with Alfred A. Knopf, according to a press release issued this morning.

The title, A Woman In Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, seems a rather hopeful one given her current presidential bid.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/bernstein-writes-book-hillary#comments Arts & Culture 2008 Democrats Carl Bernstein Hillary Clinton Sonny Mehta The Knopf Publishing Group Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:17:08 -0400 David Foxley 53388 at http://www.observer.com A Pair of Atheists Agree: Time to Let Go of God http://www.observer.com/node/39564 Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Alfred A. Knopf, 96 pages, $16.95.    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39564#comments Arts & Culture James Watson Richard Dawkins Sam Harris The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Emily Bobrow 39564 at http://www.observer.com A Pair of Atheists Agree: Time to Let Go of God http://www.observer.com/node/52793 Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Alfred A. Knopf, 96 pages, $16.95.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52793#comments Arts & Culture Economist.com Richard Dawkins Sam Harris The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Emily Bobrow 52793 at http://www.observer.com American Terrorist and Martyr, His Soul Goes Marching On http://www.observer.com/node/50917 John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50917#comments Arts & Culture David Reynolds John Brown The Knopf Publishing Group Virginia Sun, 05 Jun 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Ann Fabian 50917 at http://www.observer.com An Overcast of Dank Suspense Fades Into Science Fiction http://www.observer.com/node/50605 Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Alfred A.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50605#comments Arts & Culture David Thomson Hollywood Kazuo Ishiguro The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:00:00 -0400 David Thomson 50605 at http://www.observer.com A Hugely Gifted Coquette, Munro Takes the Long View http://www.observer.com/node/50127 Runaway, by Alice Munro. Alfred A. Knopf, 335 pages, $25.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50127#comments Arts & Culture Alice Munro Daniel Asa Rose Stephen King The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Daniel Asa Rose 50127 at http://www.observer.com It Takes a Village, or Three: Updike Goes Home Again—Again http://www.observer.com/node/49948 Villages, by John Updike. Alfred A. Knopf, 321 pages, $25.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/49948#comments Arts & Culture John Updike John Updikes Ohand Owen The Knopf Publishing Group Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:00:00 -0400 Adam Begley 49948 at http://www.observer.com