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For the Time Being - Collected Journalism (Paperback)
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For the Time Being - Collected Journalism (Paperback)
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Loot Price R559
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In 1988 Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to
live in England. Shortly afterwards, the then Literary Editor of
the "Daily Telegraph, "admiring the 'lucid frankness' of Bogarde's
memoirs, invited him to review some books for the newspaper. Over
the next eight years or so, Bogarde wrote much of the criticism,
essays, obituaries, fragments of autobiography and appreciations
which are collected in this volume - a body of work that offers
fascinating insights into the life, mind and views of one of
Britain's most admired authors and actors.Perhaps the central piece
in the book is the now-famous article 'A Short Walk from Harrods',
which Bogarde wrote for the "Independent on Sunday "soon after
returning to London. In it he describes what it feels like to walk
among familiar ghosts and to dine with those he considers 'the
living dead'. A momentous review of three Holocaust books is
accompanied by an article in which he describes the extraordinary
postbag he received from its readers. In another piece which had a
profound impact, he gives forceful vent to his support for
euthanasia.But as well as the dark and the controversial, there are
also charming and touching essays on his earliest childhood;
reflections on the not-quite-ruined Riviera, where the magic still
exists ('It will always be, for all time, better than Rio, or Hong
Kong, or Bermuda, or anywhere else in the world'); and on friends
and colleagues from his career as an actor Joseph Losey, Charlotte
Rampling, Luchino Visconti and Brigitte Bardot.With a specially
written introduction and new reflections on several of the pieces,
"For the Time Being "brings together virtually all the work of Dirk
Bogarde published outside his novels and autobiographies. It stands
as a testimony to a wonderfully varied life, a wide range of
interests and sympathies, and a remarkable gift for writing.
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