'She is formidable, and from a bare corner of human relations
gathers a rich harvest.' Adam Mars-Jones First published in 1981,
Life Stories includes some of A. L. Barker's earliest fiction
(taken from her Somerset Maugham Prize-winning book, Innocents)
alongside newer pieces. Conceived as an antidote to conventional
autobiography, with what she described as 'all those pages peppered
with "I"s', Life Stories consists of fictions based on and
recalling the formative events of her writerly life. All are shaped
and incorporated to form a wholly individual narrative in which
'some of the facts are here, and a lot of fiction, with truth in
all of it.' 'Her glancing, allusive writing carries one along
easily, darting from invention to invention . . . Underneath there
is a firm, ordering imagination and the poise of perfect pitch.'
New Statesman 'It would be hard to find anyone who chooses words
more exactly or constructs with more precision.' Penelope
Fitzgerald 'A. L. Barker writes extraordinarily well, evoking a
character or a situation with great economy in a few lines . . .
one can only admire the quality of her writing, which makes one
want to go on reading.' Auberon Waugh
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2009 |
| Authors: |
A. L. Barker
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 126 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-25499-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-571-25499-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780571254996 |
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