Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography - Brossura

James, P. D.

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ISBN 10: 0345442121 ISBN 13: 9780345442123

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 2001

Riassunto

Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid, revealing autobiography of mystery writer P. D. James retraces her life from her school days in 1930s Cambridge to her membership in the House of Lords and her success as a writer. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Deeply moving . . . . Page after page recalls a vanished world."— The New York Times Book Review

"A cornucopia of discernment, judgment, and wisdom." —San Francisco Chronicle

"James neither overintellectualizes nor sentimentalizes. . . . Writing about commonplace events, [she] gives them weight and substance and so confirms their reality, investing them with a radiance that illuminates this fragment of autobiography." —The Washington Post

L'autore:

P.D. James is the author of 14 previous books, many of which have been adapted for television. She is the recipient of many honours, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement and 1999 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in London, England.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0345442121
• ISBN 13: 9780345442123
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 306