The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh
during the 1950s. He had originally come to the Suffolk coast as an
aspiring young writer, but found himself drawn into Benjamin
Britten's circle and began working for the Aldeburgh Festival.
Although befriended by Imogen Holst and by E M Forster, part of him
remained essentially solitary, alone in the landscape while
surrounded by a stormy cultural sea. But this memoir gathers up
many early experiences, sights and sounds: with Britten he explored
ancient churches; with the botanist Denis Garrett he took delight
in the marvellous shingle beaches and marshland plants; he worked
alongside the celebrated photo-journalist Kurt Hutton. His muse was
Christine Nash, wife of the artist John Nash. Published to coincide
with the centenary of Britten's birth, this is a tale of music and
painting, unforgettable words and fears. It describes the first
steps of an East Anglian journey, an intimate appraisal of a vivid
and memorable time.
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