Description
| Product ID: | 9780571346677 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life |
| Authors: | Author: Sir Andrew Motion |
| Page Count: | 640 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-09-06 |