| The Life of a Long-Distance Writer: A Biography of Alan Sillitoe Contributor(s): Bradford, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0720613175 ISBN-13: 9780720613179 Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers OUR PRICE: $35.06 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2008 Annotation: Written with the close co-operation of Alan Sillitoe himself, this book is the definitive work on the legendary writer, and perhaps the most controversial literary biography of the last decade. Through unrestriced access to Sillitoe's papers and personal archives Bradford has crafted the first comprehensive portrait of this brilliant and often contradictory figure. Bradford delves into Silltoe's literary and artistic liasions across mediums, perhaps most notably a long and close friendship with Poet Laureate. Ted Hughes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008278467 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.50 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written with the close cooperation of Alan Sillitoe himself, The Life of a Long Distance Writer is not only the definitive work on the legendary writer in his 80th birthday year, it also promises to be perhaps the most controversial literary biography of the last decade. Alan Sillitoe has allowed Richard Bradford unrestriced access to his papers and personal archive, enabling Bradford to build the first comprehensive portrait of this brilliant and often contradictory figure. Within it, Bradford reveals--among other things--that Sillitoe, though proud of his background and Nottingham hometown, rejects the "working-class writer" tag that has been thrust on him, loathes political correctness in all its forms, and has retained for a long time a somewhat unfashionable Zionism, strongly sympathetic to those who want to protect the Jewish homeland. As well as this, Bradford delves into Silltoe's literary and artistic liasions across mediums, perhaps most notably a long and close friendship with Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. |