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Bragg, Melvyn

 
9781529394498: Back in the Day: The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg
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ISBN 10 : 152939449X ISBN 13 : 9781529394498
Editeur : Sceptre, 2023

Synopsis

Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.

'The best thing he's ever written . . . I loved it'
Observer

'A memoir bursting with affection'
Sunday Times



In this elegiac and heartfelt memoir, Melvyn Bragg recreates his youth in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton: a working-class boy who expected to leave school at fifteen yet who gained a scholarship to Oxford University; who happily roamed the streets and raided orchards with his gang of friends until a breakdown in adolescence drove him to find refuge in books.

Vividly evoking the post-war era, Bragg draws an indelible portrait of all that formed him: a community-spirited northern town, still steeped in the old ways; the Lake District landscapes that inspired him; and the many remarkable people in his close-knit world.

'A moving portrait of a lost England . . . remarkable'
Daily Telegraph

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À propos de l'auteur

Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, Cumbria, in 1939. He went to the local Grammar School and then to Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the BBC in 1961, and published his first novel, For Want of a Nail, in 1965.
He left the BBC and continued to write novels which include The Soldier's Return (WH Smith Literary Award), Without a City Wall (Mail on Sunday John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and Now Is the Time (Parliamentary Book Award 2016). A Place in England, Son of War and Crossing the Lines were all nominated for the Booker Prize. His non-fiction includes The Adventure of English and The Book of Books, and his first memoir, Back in the Day, was published in 2022 to critical acclaim.
He edited and presented The South Bank Show from 1977 and hosted the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time from 1998. He has now retired from both. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society and of The British Academy. He was given a Peerage in 1998 and a Companion of Honour in 2017.

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Éditeur
Sceptre
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
152939449X
ISBN 13 
9781529394498
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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