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A Memoir of My Former Self

- A Life in Writing
Af: Hilary Mantel Engelsk Paperback

A Memoir of My Former Self

- A Life in Writing
Af: Hilary Mantel Engelsk Paperback
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''A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century'' Guardian

''Like hearing the voice of an old friend'' Observer

''Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience'' New Statesman, Book of the Year

''Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life'' The Times, Book of the Year

THE MAGNIFICENT FINAL BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOLF HALL TRILOGY

As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. ''Ink is a generative fluid,'' she explains. ''If you don''t mean your words to breed consequences, don''t write at all.'' A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades.

Mantel''s subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels - revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England - and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V. S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is a selection of her film reviews - from When Harry Met Sally to RoboCop - and, published for the first time, her stunning Reith Lectures, which explore the process of art bringing history and the dead back to life.

From her unique childhood to her all-consuming fascination with Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall Trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel''s life in her own dazzling words, ''messages from people I used to be.'' Compelling, often very funny, always luminous, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers.

''A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature'' Margaret Atwood

''Mantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested'' Maggie O''Farrell

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''A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century'' Guardian

''Like hearing the voice of an old friend'' Observer

''Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience'' New Statesman, Book of the Year

''Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life'' The Times, Book of the Year

THE MAGNIFICENT FINAL BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOLF HALL TRILOGY

As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. ''Ink is a generative fluid,'' she explains. ''If you don''t mean your words to breed consequences, don''t write at all.'' A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades.

Mantel''s subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels - revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England - and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V. S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is a selection of her film reviews - from When Harry Met Sally to RoboCop - and, published for the first time, her stunning Reith Lectures, which explore the process of art bringing history and the dead back to life.

From her unique childhood to her all-consuming fascination with Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall Trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel''s life in her own dazzling words, ''messages from people I used to be.'' Compelling, often very funny, always luminous, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers.

''A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature'' Margaret Atwood

''Mantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested'' Maggie O''Farrell

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 0
ISBN-13: 9781399813891
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1399813897
Udg. Dato: 19 okt 2023
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 19 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Hilary Mantel
Forfatter(e) Hilary Mantel


Kategori Biografier, sande fortællinger og nonfiktion


ISBN-13 9781399813891


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 0


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 233mm


Højde 152mm


Udg. Dato 19 okt 2023


Oplagsdato 19 okt 2023


Forlag John Murray Press