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Lifescapes
A Biographer's Search for the Soul
Buch von Ann Wroe
Sprache: Englisch

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The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page***A FINANCIAL TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***** SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY**'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TELEGRAPH'She's a genius, I believe' HILARY MANTEL, author of Wolf Hall'What is life?' asked the poet Shelley, and could not come up with an answer. Scientists, too, for all their understanding of how life manifests, thrives and evolves, have still not plumbed that fundamental question. Yet biographers and obituarists continue to corral lives in a few columns, or a few hundred pages, aware all the time how fleeting and elusive their subject is. In this dazzlingly original blend of memoir, biography, observation and poetry, Ann Wroe reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page. Through her experiences and those of others, through people she has known, studied or merely glimpsed in windows, she movingly explores what makes a life and how that life lingers after. Animated by Wroe's rare imagination, eye for the telling detail, and the wit, beauty and clarity of her writing, Lifescapes is a luminous, deeply personal answer to Shelley's question.
The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page***A FINANCIAL TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***** SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY**'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TELEGRAPH'She's a genius, I believe' HILARY MANTEL, author of Wolf Hall'What is life?' asked the poet Shelley, and could not come up with an answer. Scientists, too, for all their understanding of how life manifests, thrives and evolves, have still not plumbed that fundamental question. Yet biographers and obituarists continue to corral lives in a few columns, or a few hundred pages, aware all the time how fleeting and elusive their subject is. In this dazzlingly original blend of memoir, biography, observation and poetry, Ann Wroe reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page. Through her experiences and those of others, through people she has known, studied or merely glimpsed in windows, she movingly explores what makes a life and how that life lingers after. Animated by Wroe's rare imagination, eye for the telling detail, and the wit, beauty and clarity of her writing, Lifescapes is a luminous, deeply personal answer to Shelley's question.
Über den Autor
Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist, and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades. She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis. She lives in Brighton and London.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781787334458
ISBN-10: 1787334457
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Wroe, Ann
Hersteller: Vintage Publishing
Maße: 221 x 138 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Wroe
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,332 kg
preigu-id: 126195807
Über den Autor
Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist, and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades. She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis. She lives in Brighton and London.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 224
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781787334458
ISBN-10: 1787334457
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Wroe, Ann
Hersteller: Vintage Publishing
Maße: 221 x 138 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Ann Wroe
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,332 kg
preigu-id: 126195807
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