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In this book, we follow Asir into the world of these literary giants of the post-World War II generation. The book is mainly divided into two parts: the first part tells the story of Asier's experience working in the BBC News Department after graduating from Oxford University, and then met the publisher Andre Deutsch, and together they founded the legendary independent publishing house-Andre Deutsch Press. With her unique wit and rare candid prose style, she recounts every detail of her fifty-year long publishing career; the second part focuses on recalling her interactions with six authors, including Naipaul and Jane Rhys, detailing the experiences and character traits of these authors. It is a real and interesting anecdote about famous people, and a valuable contribution to literature.

"Twilight" is Diana Asier's masterpiece. It has won many awards such as the Costa Biography Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It is an essay about her old life written when she was approaching 90 years old. It is frank, open-minded and interesting. She talked about the various changes in old age, mixed with memories of her past life. She generously recalled several of her love histories, confessed her indifference to missing her motherhood, and honestly faced the pain of old age. However, she still talked passionately about the new experiences gained in gardening, painting, reading, writing, etc. Overall, Asir shows us a very unique female sample, allowing us to see how an ordinary intellectual woman maintains her independent self in dealing with the world, and finally faces aging and the end of life calmly.