A Particular Friendship - Letters

_______________ ''An absorbing volume'' - The Spectator _______________ First published in 1989, A Particular Friendship is a collection of letters following Dirk Bogarde''s first four memoirs. ''London guests staying hate it. Keeps them awake all night they complain. The bleating in the utter stillness. I heal with it, as you did.'' This epistolary collection finds Bogarde at his most honest and touching, engaging in conversation with a woman he has never met and whose only interest in him comes from the simple fact that he now happens to live in a house that she once owned. These letters provide an insight into the wit and intelligence of a great man without the stifling constraints of other literary forms. It presents us with a platform and a relationship that allows Bogarde to freely reminisce, discuss politics, gossip about those around him and provide razor-sharp cameo portraits of the famous. The correspondences were all written before Bogarde saw himself as an author and stand as a testament to his literary talent, domestic sensibilities, and his unquestionable compassion in sharing so much with a complete stranger.

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Bogarde, Bogarde Dirk
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9781448208180
• ISBN: 978-1-4482-0818-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, 20th Century, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Diaries, letters and journals, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General