Untold stories
Bennett, Alan, 1934-2005
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Total copies: 2
'Untold Stories' is a collection of Alan Bennett's prose. The title piece is a poignant family memoir with an account of the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. Also included are essays, reviews, lectures and reminiscences. Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, in a beautiful hardback edition.Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Bennett, as always, is both amusing and poignant, whether he's discussing his modest childhood or his work with figures such as Maggie Smith, Thora Hird and John Gielgud.Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s Alan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life. His many works include Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution and The Madness of King George. The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the National in 2004, and is winner of the Evening Standard Award, the South Bank Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play.Untold Stories is published jointly with Profile Books.
Main title:
Untold stories / Alan Bennett.
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Imprint:
London : Faber, 2005.
Collation:
xv, 658 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780571228300 (hbk)
Dewey class:
822.914
LC class:
PR6052.E5
Local class:
B
Language:
English
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BRN:
191270