{"product_id":"9780771075254","title":"An Appetite for Life: The Education of a Young Diarist, 1924-1927","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029250949360,"sku":"9780771075254","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780771075254_p0.jpg?v=1763660001","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780771075254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}