Lasting Impressions - Couverture rigide

Pritchett, V. S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0701136065 ISBN 13 : 9780701136062

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Pritchett V S

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The essays in Lasting Impressions have never before appeared in book form and together they make up, in the author's own words, a journey through different countries and different generations. The subjects range from Bruce Chatwin and Salmon Rushdie to Simon de Beauvoir and Bernard Shaw, from Lorca and Flaubert to John Updike and Walker Percy, from P. G. Wodehouse and Molly Keane to Andre Malraux and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Published in the year of 1990, V. S. Pritchett's 90th birthday, Lasting Impressions is a tribute to one of the greatest and best loved writers of our time.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) was born over a toyshop in 1900 and, much to his everlasting distaste, was named after Queen Victoria. A writer and critic, his is widely reputed to be one of the best short story writers of all time, with the rare ability to capture the extraordinary strangeness of everyday life. He died in 1997.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0701136065
• ISBN 13: 9780701136062
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 171