{"product_id":"an-appetite-for-life-the-education-of-a-young-diarist-1924-1927-isbn-9780771075254","title":"An Appetite for Life: The Education of a Young Diarist, 1924-1927","description":"Charles 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":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302891606245,"sku":"NP9780771075254","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771075254.jpg?v=1767721492","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/an-appetite-for-life-the-education-of-a-young-diarist-1924-1927-isbn-9780771075254","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}