Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2008.
The sixth instalment of this great lady’s life. She was the backbone of the publishing house Andre Deutsch and even though, being in the business, I am naturally drawn to this, I do heartily recommend it to everyone. She has a fluidity to her writing, a view of life which is so refreshing and an attitude to old age, which is what is discussed here, that should be a template for us all.
Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "A graceful, clear-sighted and brave memoir entirely lacking in self-pity - this is a wise and wry take on exactly what it's like to grow old."
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 8 January 2009.
'There is a sense throughout Athill's work that you are making a new friend as much as reading a new story ... a delight to read' Observer
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'There is a sense throughout Athill's work that you are making a new friend as much as reading a new story ... a delight to read' Observer WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE, the moving and witty memoir on what it means to grow old. Written in her nineties, when she was free from any inhibitions she may have once had, Diana Athill reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age can bring, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death.
Somewhere Towards the End features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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Somewhere Towards the End was written by Diana Athill and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications
Somewhere Towards the End has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Best of Granta series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
