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Taking in old age, the context of one’s life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions – two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others – this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved writers.
A biography of William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 nonfiction essays.
George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and – above all else – love. In this book John Drury sets Herbert’s poetry in the whole context of the poet’s life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which shaped his poetry.
The definitive biography of one of the great British literary figures of the twentieth century: Dame Rebecca West.
Sonali Deraniyagala gives the reader a portrait of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and its after-effects. At the same time she has brought back to life all those she has lost, so much so that we will never forget them or their lives.
Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography.
Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne’s landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.
David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. This book collects together 15 of Wallace’s essays, from ‘Federer Both Flesh and Not’, considered by many to be his non-fiction masterpiece, to ‘The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2’, his deft dissection of James Cameron’s blockbuster.
Ngõugõi wa Thiongo is a writer who has lived through extraordinary times. Here, he tells the story of his school days in Kenya against the backdrop of the intensification of the struggle for independence.
This is a portrait of the life, work and death of David Foster Wallace, the American writer who inspired a generation before tragically committing suicide in 2008 after a case of severe depression.
From one of our most powerful writers, a classic work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter.
Siri Hustvedt’s novels are known for being as thought-provoking as they are emotionally involving. In these essays, Hustvedt shows what lies behind her fiction – an abiding curiosity about who we are and how we got that way, which has led her into the realms of psychology and neuroscience, as well as philosophy, art and literature.
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