Meeting the Devil by London Review Of Books
This volume collects many outstanding pieces of memoir that first appeared in the LRBs pages. Here, Lorna Sage remembers growing up with her grandfather during the Second World War, Jenny Diski imagines her own burial, and Hilary Mantel tackles a strongman on her hospital bed.
This superb volume.. urges us to consider pain and loss, but also to remember to value experience and thought. The essay form, itself once thought dead and buried, is revived regularly in the London Review of Books and this welcome selection shows it strong in heart, pumping away and breathing well. * Scotsman *
Standing out…are two fine studies of literary monsters. John Henry Jones’s piece on the poet and critic William Empson…[and] Terry Castle’s memoir of Susan Sontag…there are some terrific stories. -- John Walsh * Independent *
A glimpse inside the lives of bookish people … Emily Witt writes one of the best things ever about online dating * Evening Standard *
The best sheer quality writing of any magazine I know. * Guardian *
Standing out…are two fine studies of literary monsters. John Henry Jones’s piece on the poet and critic William Empson…[and] Terry Castle’s memoir of Susan Sontag…there are some terrific stories. -- John Walsh * Independent *
A glimpse inside the lives of bookish people … Emily Witt writes one of the best things ever about online dating * Evening Standard *
The best sheer quality writing of any magazine I know. * Guardian *
For more than thirty years, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780434022670 |
| ISBN 10 | 0434022675 |
| Title | Meeting the Devil |
| Author | London Review Of Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2013-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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