Graham Greene: A Life In Letters
A Life in Letters
$74.91
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2008
Summary
One of the undisputed masters of English prose in the twentieth century, Graham Greene (1904-91) wrote tens of thousands of personal letters. This substantial volume presents a new and engrossing account of his life constructed out of his own words. Meticulously chosen and engagingly annotated, this selection of Greene’s letters - including many to his family and close friends that were unavailable even to his official biographer - gives an entirely new perspective on a life that combined lit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119144 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349119147 |
| Author: | Richard Greene |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 29mm |
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Graham Greene: A Life in Letters will offer the most important contribution to studies of the writer since the completion of Norman Sherry s epic, three-volume biography - BOOKSELLER
A triumph of judgment and judicious selection that offers a vivid new picture of Greene the man: his pleasures, foibles and, above all, his generosity… Now, perhaps for the first time, he emerges whole from the shadow of his biographers, as distinctive and memorable as any of his fictional characters. - Ian Thomson, SUNDAY TIMES Impeccably edited by Richard Greene, it succeeds admirably in it s declared purpose: to bring together for the first time in one volume letters that are engaging to read and that reveal Greene s personal, literary, religious and political concerns over a period of 70 years.’ - Nicholas Shakespeare, DAILY TELEGRAPH A condensed portrait of the successful literary life in the 20th century. - Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAYAbout The Author
Richard Greene
Richard Greene, currently Professor of English at Toronto University, is the editor of THE SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL and the author of Sitwell’s forthcoming biography. He is not related to Graham Greene.
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