A welcome addition to DPJ’s superb first volume of family memoir, ‘Fault Lines’ , which was a rare window on C20th Europe.
Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime
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£20.99
Edition:Hardback978164177090314/05/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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In this inspired recreation of her parents' hopes and lives, MW has created a vivid memoir of post-war childhood and adventure in Cairo, Italy and London.
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir
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The title is part of her 1947 New Year's Eve toast. Openly gay, Highsmith was famously beastly to lovers and friends. This new biography traces connections between her complex character and ... read more
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The Czech creative spirit seen through an atmospheric portrait of his friend, the artist Vladimir Boudnik.
The Gentle Barbarian
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In the early 20th century an easily overlooked square in Bloomsbury was the home, at one time or another, of the modernist poet H.D., Dorothy L Sayers, the classicist Jane Harrison, the hist... read more