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Somewhere Towards the End : A Memoir by Diana Athill (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10039306770X
ISBN-139780393067705
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038298722
Product Key Features
Book TitleSomewhere Towards the End : a Memoir
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Gerontology, Women Authors, Personal Memoirs, Literary
Publication Year2009
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDiana Athill
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-041533
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsWith the wisdom of nine decades, Diana Athill gives us a memoir that faces aging unflinchingly. From the end of sexual desire to her thoughts and fears on dying and God, Athill deals with growing old with bravery, humor and honesty. What a woman! What a life! What a gorgeous book!, One of England's notable book editors examines life, old age and approaching death with astonishing candor...distinguished by her spare, direct prose...Although she knows that death cannot be far off, the present is full of quiet satisfactions...Fiercely intelligent, discomfortingly honest and never dull., An astute editor, she writes with precision and clarity, using one word to convey an idea that a lesser writer might expand into a paragraph....[Athill is] an enlightened woman., Reflections on old age, rather than on a long life lived are rare…It is rarer still for a woman to write such a book: so Athill's candor and economic prose on religion, regrets, and sex are invigorating., [Athill] is bluntly unconcerned with conventional wisdom... . Firmly resolute that no afterlife awaits her, Athill finds just enough optimism in this world to keep her reflections from slipping into morbidity--she may not offer much comfort, but it's a bracing read., Reflections on old age, rather than on a long life lived are rare...It is rarer still for a woman to write such a book: so Athill's candor and economic prose on religion, regrets, and sex are invigorating., [A] little literary gem, penned by a marvelous, feisty old character whom, quite honestly, I'd just love to have as my grandmother...What a treasure.
Dewey Decimal828.91409
SynopsisDiana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Diana Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, "entirely untamed about both old and new conventions" (Literary Review) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old--the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by "remarkable intelligence...[and the] easy elegance of her prose" (Daily Telegraph), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as "a virtuoso exercise" (Sunday Telegraph) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years., Winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography and a New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning, critically acclaimed memoir on life and aging --"An honest joy to read" (Alice Munro)., Diana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Diana Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, "entirely untamed about both old and new conventions" ( Literary Review ) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old--the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by "remarkable intelligence... and the] easy elegance of her prose" ( Daily Telegraph ), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as "a virtuoso exercise" ( Sunday Telegraph ) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years., Diana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Diana Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, entirely untamed about both old and new conventions ( Literary Review ) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old--the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by remarkable intelligence...[and the] easy elegance of her prose ( Daily Telegraph ), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as a virtuoso exercise ( Sunday Telegraph ) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years.
LC Classification NumberPR6051.T43Z47 2009
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