Telling tales - Hardcover

Bennett, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0563537736 ISBN 13: 9780563537731

Publisher: BBC Consumer Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

A set of ten autobiographical tales from Bennett, dealing with his childhood and upbringing in Leeds during the 1940s. They focus on his relationship with his parents, and we discover how his family shaped the man who has become one of Britain's best-loved writers.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his recent collection of memoirs and diaries.

Review:

"Beautiful, sherbert-lemon portraits... Will make everybody laugh." * Guardian * "Fragments of Bennett's own childhood recalled with his inimitable interested, desperate, amused wisdom. Bennett manages to say more about human frailties and family realities than any number of official commissions and national institutes." * Independent * "An owlishly witty, discursive treat" * Financial Times * "This delightful collection is full of the humour, warmth and poignancy that characterises his work... As with all of Bennett's work Telling Tales is one of life's pleasures." -- Robert Colbeck * Yorkshire Evening Post *

About this edition

• Publisher: BBC Consumer Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0563537736
• ISBN 13: 9780563537731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96