David Storey

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A Stinging DelightHardcover, 10 August 2021

A Stinging Delight
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Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Date Published
10 Aug 2021
ISBN-10
0571360319
ISBN-13
9780571360314

Description

A powerful memoir by an extraordinary literary figure; rugby player, artist, acclaimed playwright and Booker Prize winning novelist.

The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade School of Art and his life in post-war London. He describes shocking scenes in the seventeen deprived East End schools in which he taught. He documents the childhood death of his eldest brother, addressing much of the memoir to him and exploring how this relates to his own sometimes paralysing depression, which haunted most of his life. And yet, a prolific and celebrated writer, he recalls heady spells in New York, close relationships in the theatre with Joycelyn Herbert, Ralph Richardson and Lindsay Anderson, early success with This Sporting Life, and winning the Booker Prize for his novel Saville.

Product Details

Author:
David Storey
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
10 August 2021
Dimensions:
23.62 x 15.75 x 4.32 cm
ISBN-10:
0571360319
ISBN-13:
9780571360314
Language:
English
Location:
London
Pages:
352
Publisher:
Weight:
703.07 gm

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