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In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing.
‘The Olive Route’ recounts the author’s passion for the olive tree and the culture that has grown up around it. In search of its secrets and traditions she embarked on a solo adventure around the Mediterranean basin, tracking trade routes and unearthing unlikely stories.
From trying to conceive and first positive pregnancy test to Poppy’s first birthday, ‘Minus Nine to One’ takes you through the worries, surprises, excitement, miracles and sheer bloody hard work that Jools had to cope with along the way.
The number one bestseller and acclaimed storyteller writes a forceful account of life inside the British penal system.
A candid and revealing memoir from Elizabeth Jane Howard, the bestselling and lauded author of the Cazalet Chronicles and one of twentieth century Britain’s greatest storytellers.
This is a vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belonging to a now distant past.
This text is the outcome of years spent in Paris and months spent tramping south-east England. It depicts what life was like for a striving author who was struggling to write, painting a vivid picture of the life he led in the lower depths.
Hemingway’s memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the 1920s are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. He recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation.
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