For the Time Being: Collected Journalism - Paperback
by Dirk Bogarde
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury ReaderISBN-13:9781448208289ISBN-10:1448208289UPC:9781448208289Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Essays, Books & ReadingSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.545Product ID:SCEAK891ET
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'Such a companionable writer you just don't want to let him go' - The Times_______________ First published in 1998, For the Time Being brings together Dirk Bogarde's published work outside of his novels and autobiographies. In 1988, Dirk Bogarde returned from two idyllic decades in France to live in England, due to his partner's serious illness. 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. This collection includes the 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. It stands as a testimony to a wonderfully varied life, a wide range of interests and sympathies, and a remarkable gift for writing.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury ReaderISBN-13:9781448208289ISBN-10:1448208289UPC:9781448208289Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Essays, Books & ReadingSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.545Product ID:SCEAK891ET
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death In Venice. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography. Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously.
In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader
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