Ernest Hemingway by Anthony Burgess
Ernest Hemingway was arguably the most influential writer of the 20th century, the Nobel Prize-winning author of such classics as For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, and a man who lived his life with as much passion and intensity as many of the characters in his novels. With exceptional insight, Anthony Burgess traces Hemingway's singular life: from complacent childhood to the horrors of the First and Second World Wars to the glamour of Paris in the '20s; from Civil War Spain to the excitements of African safari and, finally, the sombre last years in Cuba. Burgess's vivid portrait is unflinching yet full of empathy: essential reading for all Hemingway fans.Penetrating and generous. * Sunday Telegraph *
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) was born in Manchester and educated at Xavierian College and Manchester University. He spent six years in the army during World War II become becoming a schoolmaster and a colonial education officer in Malaya and Brunei. After the success of his Malayan Trilogy, he became a full-time writer in 1959.
He achieved a worldwide reputation as one of the leading novelists of his day, and one of the most versatile. He wrote criticism, stage plays, translations and a Broadway musical. He also composed more than 150 musical works, including a piano concerto, a violin concert for Yehudi Menuhin and a symphony. His books have been published all over the world and include A Clockwork Orange, Shakespeare, the Complete Enderby, Nothing Like the Sun, A Dead Man in Deptford, Earthly Powers and Little Wilson and Big God. He also wrote reams of journalism in his role as long-time literary critic of The Observer and The Guardian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784531188 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784531189 |
| Title | Ernest Hemingway |
| Author | Anthony Burgess |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2015-08-10 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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