Erscheint: März 2027
Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Enough Said
The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
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Profile Books Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35956199
EAN: 9781805229001
Erscheint: März 2027
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 24.60
Beschreibung
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES. BESTSELLER. A TIMES. BOOK OF THE SUMMER'Alan Bennett is our greatest living writer' Daily Mail. 'A legend of British letters' Financial Times. 'In an age of curated self-belief, his vulnerabilities feel refreshing, his reticence almost radical' The Times. 20 September. Have a notion for a radio series - Awkward Conversations. Enough Said. is Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose. Covering the turbulent years 2016 to 2024, the diaries take us through lockdown, Brexit, the reign of Johnson, the rise of Trump and the death of the Queen. In between, we take the train with him back and forth to Yorkshire, celebrate the herons, the newts and the street fairs, and lament the scarcity of curlews, the closure of the last local bank and the deteriorating welfare state. There is the premiere of Allelujah. ,. the revived Talking Heads,. the publication of two Sunday Times. bestsellers and the filming of The Choral. 2024 is the year that Alan turns ninety; he reflects on old age and the importance of luck. He looks back to childhood and recalls an idyllic wartime month as an evacuee. A book for the bedside, this is poignant, funny, contemplative Alan Bennett, as he records life both personal and political in his most distinct of voices.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Alan Bennett
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2027
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Taschenbuch
Anzahl Seiten
- 464