
Mother's Boy : A Writer's Beginnings
Jacobson, Howard
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'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph'Wonderful...candid, shrewd and moving' William Boyd'Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious' Simon SchamaHoward Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer.Howard Jacobson was forty when his first novel was published. In Mother's Boy, he traces the life that brought him there. Born into a working-class Jewish family in 1940s Manchester, he did not lack encouragement or subject matter. Jacobson takes us from childhood and studying at Cambridge, through landing in Sydney as a maverick young professor, and on to his first marriage and the birth of his son. Later, he begins new - and often surprising - ventures in places as disparate as London, Wolverhampton, Boscastle and Melbourne.Infused with bittersweet memories of Jacobson's parents and friends, this is the story of a writer's beginnings, and of learning to understand who you are before you can become the writer you were meant to be.'Hilariously brilliant' David Baddiel'Howard Jacobson brilliantly transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
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Utgivelsesdato:
16.03.2023
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ISBN/Varenr:
9781529115673
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Språk:
Engelsk
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Forlag:
Vintage
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Innbinding:
Heftet
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Fagtema:
Samfunn og samfunnsvitenskap
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Litteraturtype:
Faglitteratur
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Sider:
288
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Høyde:
12.8 cm
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Bredde:
19.7 cm