Peter J. Conradi

Gebundenes Buch

Family Business

A Memoir

Beschreibung

The author of "Iris Murdoch: A Life" looks back on the complexities of his family relations and the situation of his family attempting to integrate as European Jews in Britain, as well as his later friendship with Murdoch.

Autor

Peter J. Conradi is English Professor Emeritus at Kingston University. He is an author and journalist, and is known as the official biographer of Iris Murdoch, whose essays and letters he also collected and edited, in separate volumes. He has also written a study of Murdoch's novels. In addition, he is the biographer of the soldier-poet Frank Thompson, the author of a guide to buddhism, Going Buddhist, and has published At the Bright Hem of God, a literary exploration of Radnorshire. Conradi has co-edited since 2007 the Transactions of the Radnorshire Society and is a Trustee of the Bleddfa Centre for the Creative Spirit. He has written or reviewed for the TLS, New Statesman, FT, Spectator, Independent and Guardian. His BBC appearances have included Radio 3 Nightwaves, Radio 4 Front Row, Something Understood and The Today Programme, and a special edition of BBC TV's Omnibus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Poetry Wales Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9781781725016
• ISBN-10: 1781725012
• Artikelnr.: 56920003