HOWARD'S END IS ON THE LANDING A Year of Reading from Home

Susan Hill

ISBN 10: 1846682657 / ISBN 13: 9781846682650

Published by Profile Books, GB, 2009

About this Item

Re cloth, gilt. In fine condition BUTlight browning to text edges. Dustwrapper/dustjacket (£12.99) is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

Seller Inventory # hbc004.099a

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HOWARD'S END IS ON THE LANDING A Year of Reading from Home
• Publisher: Profile Books, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846682657
• ISBN 13: 9781846682650
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: nrFine
• Dust Jacket Condition: nrFine DW

About this title

Synopsis

This is a year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors.

Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time.

The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again.

A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill's eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years.

'Howards End is on the Landing' charts the journey of one of the nation's most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

About the Author

Susan Hill is the winner of numerous prestigious literary awards. She is the author of a highly successful crime series (Overlook Press) as well as the famous The Woman in Black, the stage production of which has been running internatoinally for years.