Telling Tales

BENNETT, Alan

ISBN 10: 0563537736 / ISBN 13: 9780563537731

Published by BBC Worldwide, London, 2000

About this Item

1st printing. 8vo in black faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 93pp on stiff paper, illustrations in text . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Telling Tales
• Publisher: BBC Worldwide, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0563537736
• ISBN 13: 9780563537731
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

About this title

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 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.