Midnight On The Desert: A Chapter Of Autobiography; Rain Upon Godshill: A Further Chapter Of Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few writers of the twentieth century possessed both the prolific output and the reflective depth of J. B. Priestley, and these two autobiographical volumes — Midnight on the Desert and Rain Upon Godshill — stand as testament to that rare combination. The first, written during a winter spent in the Arizona desert, chronicles Priestley's inner world as he retreats from the bustle of literary fame to contemplate time, existence, and the creative life; the second, set against the pastoral backdrop of the Isle of Wight, continues this deeply personal inquiry, weaving together memory, philosophy, and the texture of daily English life into a sustained meditation on what it means to be a thinking, feeling man in a turbulent age. Together, these volumes present Priestley not merely as the jovial chronicler of English character familiar from The Good Companions or An Inspector Calls, but as a serious and searching essayist grappling with questions of consciousness, destiny, and the nature of time — ideas heavily influenced by J. W. Dunne's theories of serial time. His prose is warm yet intellectually rigorous, conversational yet capable of sudden philosophical elevation. For readers who know Priestley only through his plays or novels, these autobiographical chapters will arrive as a revelation — an invitation into the private mind of one of Britain's most beloved and underestimated literary figures.
Author: J. B. Priestley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few writers of the twentieth century possessed both the prolific output and the reflective depth of J. B. Priestley, and these two autobiographical volumes — Midnight on the Desert and Rain Upon Godshill — stand as testament to that rare combination. The first, written during a winter spent in the Arizona desert, chronicles Priestley's inner world as he retreats from the bustle of literary fame to contemplate time, existence, and the creative life; the second, set against the pastoral backdrop of the Isle of Wight, continues this deeply personal inquiry, weaving together memory, philosophy, and the texture of daily English life into a sustained meditation on what it means to be a thinking, feeling man in a turbulent age. Together, these volumes present Priestley not merely as the jovial chronicler of English character familiar from The Good Companions or An Inspector Calls, but as a serious and searching essayist grappling with questions of consciousness, destiny, and the nature of time — ideas heavily influenced by J. W. Dunne's theories of serial time. His prose is warm yet intellectually rigorous, conversational yet capable of sudden philosophical elevation. For readers who know Priestley only through his plays or novels, these autobiographical chapters will arrive as a revelation — an invitation into the private mind of one of Britain's most beloved and underestimated literary figures.