Amateurs In Eden
The Story of a Bohemian Marriage: Nancy and Lawrence Durrell
$39.08
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2013
Summary
Nancy Durrell was a woman famous for her silences. Anais Nin said ‘I think often of Nancy’s most eloquent silences, Nancy talking with her fingers, her hair, her cheeks, a wonderful gift. Music again.’ As the first wife Lawrence Durrell, author of The Alexandria Quartet, it is perhaps surprising that she is an unknown entity, a constant presence in the biographies of Durrell and others in the Bloomsbury set, yet always a shadowy figure, beautiful and enigmatic.
But who was the woman w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844087945 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844087948 |
| Author: | Joanna Hodgkin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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“This is not just a memoir of her mother. This is the history of a literary wife. On both counts, Hodgkin succeeds beautifully … [Nancy’s] story is not a footnote; it is absolutely central.”
Frank and captivating … rich in charm and pathos … Hodgkin has done both Nancy and herself proud with this fresh portrait of a marriage we thought we knew, and of a woman we have never known well enough - Sunday Times - Miranda Seymour
It’s a cracking story, and Hodgkin is a meticulous researcher - Observer - Olivia LaingThe animating spirit that pulses through this joint biography is to be thoroughly applauded - Literary Review - D.J TaylorThis is not just a memoir of her mother. This is the history of a literary wife. On both counts, Hodgkin succeeds beautifully … Her story is not a footnote; it is absolutely central - IndependentA truly fascinating account of one of those many women, the wives and the girlfriends and the sisters of famous literary men, who have lived a twilight existence in the shadows of the historical canon. A particularly rich and honest account - Scotland on SundayAn enjoyable, revisionist account of a bohemian marriage - Guardian - Blake MorrisonAbout The Author
Joanna Hodgkin
Joanna Hodgkin has written several successful psychological thrillers as Joanna Hines.
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