Now We Are Sixty Aust Edition - Hardcover

Christopher Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719562368 ISBN 13: 9780719562365

Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division, 2002

Synopsis

This is an affectionate tribute to A.A. Milne's Now We Are Six, for those who are not so young anymore, and for those who might not be sixty but certainly feel like they are. Enchantingly illustrated, this is the perfect gift for oldies of all ages.

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From the Publisher

When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of A.A. Milne were always on hand to reassure him that other children were just as puzzled and naughty and foolish as he was ‹ and that grown-ups could be even sillier. Now that he is sixty, he has decided itšs high time there was an equally reassuring volume for those of his generation who are not only more confused than ever, but are losing their teeth, their hair and, all too often, their car keys. What he has done is take some of Milnešs best-loved poems and rewritten them for sixty-year-olds, with results that are often hilarious, sometimes rueful, and always thought-provoking. The poems not only follow the familiar rhythms and rhyme schemes of the master, but reinvent that curious mixture of comedy and wistfulness, sharp observation and daft whimsy that has delighted children and adults for over seventy years.

About the Author

Christopher Matthew's first job after university was teaching in a girl's finishing school in Switzerland. He took up full-time writing in 1970, and is best known for his DIARY OF A SOMEBODY and its accident-prone hero, Simon Crisp. The author has contributed colums to the Daily Telgraph, the Observer, Vogue and the old Punch, and is well known as a broadcaster.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0719562368
• ISBN 13: 9780719562365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112