The Moments: And Other Pieces
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From one of twentieth-century England's most versatile and prolific literary voices comes The Moments and Other Pieces, a richly personal collection of essays and reflections that captures J. B. Priestley at his most intimate and observational. In this gathering of short prose pieces, Priestley turns his characteristic warmth and intellectual curiosity upon the fleeting, luminous instants of everyday life — those brief, transcendent moments that arrest time and reveal something essential about human experience. With the original illustrations by Daniel Brifland lending the volume a distinctive aesthetic grace, the collection stands as a testament to Priestley's belief that the extraordinary lives embedded within the ordinary. Priestley's prose is at once conversational and profound, blending the accessibility of a great broadcaster with the depth of a seasoned novelist and social commentator. Across these pieces, he argues that it is not grand events but private, unannounced epiphanies that define a life well-examined — a philosophy that feels as urgent today as when first penned. Whether you know Priestley through An Inspector Calls or his celebrated wartime broadcasts, this collection reveals a quieter, more contemplative side of the man, and leaves the reader wondering how many such moments of their own have passed, unnoticed, into the dark.
Author: J. B. Priestley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From one of twentieth-century England's most versatile and prolific literary voices comes The Moments and Other Pieces, a richly personal collection of essays and reflections that captures J. B. Priestley at his most intimate and observational. In this gathering of short prose pieces, Priestley turns his characteristic warmth and intellectual curiosity upon the fleeting, luminous instants of everyday life — those brief, transcendent moments that arrest time and reveal something essential about human experience. With the original illustrations by Daniel Brifland lending the volume a distinctive aesthetic grace, the collection stands as a testament to Priestley's belief that the extraordinary lives embedded within the ordinary. Priestley's prose is at once conversational and profound, blending the accessibility of a great broadcaster with the depth of a seasoned novelist and social commentator. Across these pieces, he argues that it is not grand events but private, unannounced epiphanies that define a life well-examined — a philosophy that feels as urgent today as when first penned. Whether you know Priestley through An Inspector Calls or his celebrated wartime broadcasts, this collection reveals a quieter, more contemplative side of the man, and leaves the reader wondering how many such moments of their own have passed, unnoticed, into the dark.