Somewhere Towards the End

Athill, Diana

ISBN 10: 1409113221 ISBN 13: 9781409113225

Verlag: Orion, 2009

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She doesn't try to be funny or witty, but you'd look long and hard for a more stimulating and engaging companion. (Karen Robinson SUNDAY TIMES)

"[Diana's] musings can be sharp and her memories, such as looking after her elderly mother, powerful ... Claire Bloom's reading is both masterful and beautiful." (THE OLDIE)

She brings the same cool intelligence to bear in her closing comments on death and dying, and the distinction between the two. Athill's elegant sentences affirm what she acknowledges: that she is among the lucky, lucid ones. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

Claire Bloom could not be bettered as narrator ... Wonderfully upbeat but thoroughly down-to-earth, Athill romps into intimacies that most of us would not dream of disclosing to strangers ... The good news is that there is much more fun ahead than you might think. (Christina Hardyment THE TIMES)

Reseña del editor:

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In SOMEWHERE TOWARDS THE END she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

Read by Claire Bloom

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1409113221
• ISBN 13: 9781409113225
• Einband: CD de audio
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300