I'm about to read this autobiography on my computer through that awful device called Kindle Library -- there's obviously no possibility to print those pages -- but first, could someone be kind enough and explain to me the mysterious foreword by Raksin's son? Here it is:
Most books don't begin by offering readers a choice, but you have one here because what follows is not one but two books.
The first, which follows this preface, is, for better and worse, a Reader's Digest condensation of my father's 1,000-page-plus book. (...)
The second book, which you can find using the search term "unabridged" (...)
So read the first book if you (...) are time-pressed. But consider the second book if you want to get a close look at the life of a Renaissance man who knew shockingly many of the 20th Century's greatest artists.
What does it mean? Where can i find the "unabridged" version i would fancy more than the Digest one? I did use the search term but it takes me to the word "unabridged" used by Raksin's son in that same phrase... Is there's a possibility to have access to that unabridged version somewhere else?
I'm about to read this autobiography on my computer through that awful device called Kindle Library -- there's obviously no possibility to print those pages -- but first, could someone be kind enough and explain to me the mysterious foreword by Raksin's son? Here it is:
Most books don't begin by offering readers a choice, but you have one here because what follows is not one but two books.
The first, which follows this preface, is, for better and worse, a Reader's Digest condensation of my father's 1,000-page-plus book. (...)
The second book, which you can find using the search term "unabridged" (...)
So read the first book if you (...) are time-pressed. But consider the second book if you want to get a close look at the life of a Renaissance man who knew shockingly many of the 20th Century's greatest artists.
What does it mean? Where can i find the "unabridged" version i would fancy more than the Digest one? I did use the search term but it takes me to the word "unabridged" used by Raksin's son in that same phrase... Is there's a possibility to have access to that unabridged version somewhere else?
That puzzled me as well. It's badly formatted and I found I had to read the abridged version before getting to the unabridged version. If you go to line 2048 you'll get straight to the unabridged version.
That puzzled me as well. It's badly formatted and I found I had to read the abridged version before getting to the unabridged version. If you go to line 2048 you'll get straight to the unabridged version.
Thank you very much Doug! I couldn't have figured it by myself. And yes : not only is already quite uneasy to read an entire book on a computer even when it's properly formatted, so you can imagine how unpleasant this can be when you can't display a proper page. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL... The Bad : the kindle stuff. The Beautiful : David Raksin's remembrances at last. And i guess "the bad", for obviously cost issues, was the only way to get those remembrances eventually published .
That puzzled me as well. It's badly formatted and I found I had to read the abridged version before getting to the unabridged version. If you go to line 2048 you'll get straight to the unabridged version.
Thank you very much Doug! I couldn't have figured it by myself. And yes : not only is already quite uneasy to read an entire book on a computer even when it's properly formatted, so you can imagine how unpleasant this can be when you can't display a proper page. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL... The Bad : the kindle stuff. The Beautiful : David Raksin's remembrances at last. And i guess "the bad", for obviously cost issues, was the only way to get those remembrances eventually published .
I also ended up reading the abridged version first. By the time I was done, I didn't really want to read through the unabridged because I figured it would have so much of the same material repeated, just with extras. Still, I really enjoyed it.
I'm not sure what you mean by it being improperly formatted. It reads fine for me. The book is made to be read on a kindle, but the kindle app on the PC works fine as well. It's still formatted and split up by paragraphs.
got it! 
