David Storey

A Stinging Delight

A Memoir

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade School of Art and his life in post-war London.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 164mm x 242mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9780571360314
• ISBN-10: 0571360319
• Artikelnr.: 59922908

Autorenporträt

David Storey was born in Wakefield in 1933. He studied at the Slade School of Art. He wrote fifteen plays including In Celebration, Home and The Changing Room; and eleven novels, including This Sporting Life, which was made into a film starring Richard Harris. His work won many accolades including the Macmillan Fiction Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Faber Memorial Prize and, in 1976, the Booker Prize for Saville. He died in 2017.