When I Was Old (Paperback)

Paperback. An intimate, unsparing and often moving autobiographical insight into Georges Simenon's extraordinary lifeIn 1960, 1961 and 1962, for personal reasons, or for reasons I don't know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks.Here in notebooks that were never intended for publication, Simenon reflects on his life in some of the most candid revelations ever written. He reflects on his past - his childhood in Liege, the wild parties in Paris and travels around the world - and also examines his motivations and his attitude to work. Examining his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the author reveals a man trying both to find and to escape himself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.