A House in St John's Wood - In Search of My Parents

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life, written by his son. Shifts between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father's copious unpublished archives. A literary family story to match Nigel Nicolson's "Portrait Of A Marriage" and Virginia Nicolson's "Among The Bohemians". Now in paperback.

About the author

Born in 1945, Matthew Spender is a sculptor and the author of ‘Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and a Place’ and ‘From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky’. He lives with his wife, artist Maro Gorky, and their two daughters on a farm near Siena.

Summary

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender’s extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father’s copious unpublished archives.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Spender, Spender Matthew
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780008132088
• ISBN: 978-0-00-813208-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Memoirs, Biography: writers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs