Great Friends: Portraits Of Seventeen Writers
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Firm and intact.
A warm and richly personal memoir, Great Friends: Portraits of Seventeen Writers presents intimate sketches of the remarkable literary figures who shaped the cultural landscape of twentieth-century Britain. David Garnett, himself a celebrated novelist and member of the Bloomsbury Group, draws on decades of close friendship to paint vivid portraits of writers including D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, T.E. Lawrence, and E.M. Forster. Each chapter chronicles the unique character, habits, and genius of its subject with the affectionate candour of someone who truly knew them, offering rare personal insights unavailable in conventional biography. The result is an irreplaceable document of literary history, written with the grace and wit of an insider who lived through one of England's most extraordinary cultural moments.
Author: David Garnett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Macmillan
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Firm and intact.
A warm and richly personal memoir, Great Friends: Portraits of Seventeen Writers presents intimate sketches of the remarkable literary figures who shaped the cultural landscape of twentieth-century Britain. David Garnett, himself a celebrated novelist and member of the Bloomsbury Group, draws on decades of close friendship to paint vivid portraits of writers including D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, T.E. Lawrence, and E.M. Forster. Each chapter chronicles the unique character, habits, and genius of its subject with the affectionate candour of someone who truly knew them, offering rare personal insights unavailable in conventional biography. The result is an irreplaceable document of literary history, written with the grace and wit of an insider who lived through one of England's most extraordinary cultural moments.