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Zusatztext A deeply affecting book that blends autobiography with literary criticism, and is filled with James’s trademark breezy erudition and wit . . . It is indeed a joy to read, and savour . Informationen zum Autor Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs , Falling Towards England , May Week Was In June , North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity . As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. He published several poetry collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Sentenced to Life, and a translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy , which was also a Sunday Times bestseller . In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He holds honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013, an Officer of the Order of Australia. He died in 2019. Klappentext 'One of the most important and influential writers of our time' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times 'Few contemporary critics display the passionate commitment to the idea of poetry, and to the idea of poetry's centrality to civilized life, that James does' John Banville, New York Review of Books Vorwort In the last book he completed before he died, Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget. Zusammenfassung In the last book he completed before he died, Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget.
