Stuart: A Life Backwards

Zusatztext "Remarkable…. a harrowing and humane portrait of an extraordinary individual ...without a shred of sentimentality or cant."—Michiko Kakutani! The New York Times "A quirky! affecting book."— People "Compelling .... Stuart is hilarious. He´s a witty and dramatic raconteur with a profane Cockney voice! a charismatic gleam and a gift for relating the most horrifying events -- things done both to him and by him -- without excuse or self-pity.... Stuart´s determination to live a life grounded in some principle deserves our attention. Listen to this man. Look him in the eye."— Los Angeles Times Book Review "This is my pick so far as best memoir of the year.... [Masters´] sketch of Stuart is informative and heartbreaking! funny and at times brutally honest.... describing a genuine friendship."—Margo Hammond! St. Petersburg Times "Compelling .... Stuart is hilarious. He´s a witty and dramatic raconteur with a profane Cockney voice! a charismatic gleam and a gift for relating the most horrifying events—things done both to him and by him— without excuse or self-pity.... Stuart´s determination to live a life grounded in some principle deserves our attention. Listen to this man. Look him in the eye."— Los Angeles Times Book Review "Achieves a perfect balance of empathy and comedy. The real attraction! however! is Stuart´s own voice…. His life resists easy explanation! which makes Masters´s patient attention to its concrete details all the more affecting."— The New Yorker "The year´s most surprising and charming biography."— Entertainment Weekly ! EW Pick "Poignantly entertaining."— Elle Magazine "Hilarious and clear-eyed! the author´s superbly drawn portrait of Stuart is an unforgettable literary evocation and a small masterpiece of moral empathy and imagination."— Publishers Weekly! starred review "Possibly the best biography I have ever read. Just about perfect." —Mark Haddon! author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time "Raw! disturbing! and unsettling but also revelatory and life-affirming ... A must-read book that is warmly funny! deeply moving! and utterly extraordinary. "— Booklist ! starred review From the Hardcover edition. Informationen zum Autor Alexander Masters was born in New York in 1965 and studied physics and mathematics in London and Cambridge. For the last five years he has worked in hostels for the homeless and run a street newspaper. He has also been an agony aunt! a travel writer! an illustrator! and a bedspread salesman. From the Hardcover edition. Klappentext Hailed in Britain as "devastating," "inspirational" ("Saturday Telegraph"), "heartbreaking" ("Saturday Telegraph Magazine") and "hilarious" ("The Spectator"), Masters presents the tragic yet honest story of a boy whose life left the rails early and just kept going. Chapter One ‘It was cutting me throat what got me this flat.’ Stuart pushes open the second reinforced door into his corridor, turns off the blasting intercom that honks like a foghorn whenever a visitor presses his front bell, and bumps into his kitchen to sniff the milk. ‘Tea or coffee, Alexander?’ He is a short man, in his early thirties, and props himself against the sink to arch up his head and show me the damage. The scar extends like a squashed worm from beneath the tattoos on one ear to above his Adam’s apple. The kettle lead is discovered beneath a pack of sodden fish fingers. ‘How about a sarnie? Yes?’ Stuart stretches his hand to the other end of the kitchen, extracts a double pack of discount economy bacon from the fridge and submerges six slices in chip-frying oil. ‘Cooked or incinerated?’ It is a cramped, dank little apartment. One room, ground floor. The window looks acro...

Info autore

Alexander Masters was born in New York in 1965 and studied physics and mathematics in London and Cambridge. For the last five years he has worked in hostels for the homeless and run a street newspaper. He has also been an agony aunt, a travel writer, an illustrator, and a bedspread salesman.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexander Masters
• Editore: Anchor Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2007
• EAN: 9780385340885
• ISBN: 978-0-385-34088-5
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Delta
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie