Philip Larkin A Writer's Life

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Synopsis

Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life won the Whitbread Award for Biography in 1993 and was championed as 'an exemplary biography of its kind' (The Times). With a new introduction written by the author, this edition offers an engrossing portrait of one of the twentieth century's most popular, and most private, poets. 'There will be other lives of Larkin, but Motion's, like Forster's of Dickens, will always have a special place.' John Carey, Sunday Times'Larkin lived a quietly noble and exemplary version of the writer's life; Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man's frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has written an equally exemplary 'Life' of him.' Peter Conrad, Observer'Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion's book could not be bettered.' Alan Bennett, London Review of Books

Book details

Edition:
Main
Author:
Andrew Motion
ISBN:
9780571266036
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-04-28
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
Andrew Motion, 1 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry