The Sunday Sessions: Philip Larkin reading his poetry

Larkin, Philip

ISBN 10: 0571244041 ISBN 13: 9780571244041

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2009

Riassunto

The Sunday Sessions consists of twenty-six poems, the contents of two tapes recorded by Philip Larkin in Hull in February 1980 - reportedly, each on a Sunday, after lunch with John Weeks, a sound engineer and colleague of the poet. The tapes, which contain work from Larkin's first major collection, The North Ship, as well as poems from his best-known collections, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, remained 'lost' for over two decades, lying on a shelf in the garage in which they were recorded. Since their rediscovery they have been the subject of widespread media attention, including a BBC Radio 4 Archive Hour documentary. Their contents are here published in full for the first time.

Running time approx. 1 hour / 1 disc

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Descrizione del libro:

A collection of twenty-six of Larkin's best-known poems, read by the poet

L'autore:

Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Diary and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the WHSmith Award.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571244041
• ISBN 13: 9780571244041
• Rilegatura: Audio CD