Donald Sturrock

Storyteller

The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl

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Produktbeschreibung

A single-minded adventurer and an eternal child who gave us the iconic Willy Wonka and Matilda Wormwood, Roald Dahl lived a life filled with incident, drama and adventure: from his harrowing experiences as an RAF fighter pilot and his work in British intelligence, to his many romances and turbulent marriage to the actress Patricia Neal, to the mental anguish caused by the death of his young daughter Olivia. In "Storyteller, "the first authorized biography of Dahl, Donald Sturrock--granted unprecedented access to the Dahl estate's archives--draws on personal correspondence, journals and interviews with family members and famous friends to deliver a masterful, witty and incisive look at one of the greatest authors and eccentric characters of the modern age, whose work still delights millions around the world today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 156mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9781439189764
• ISBN-10: 1439189765
• Artikelnr.: 32928586

Autorenporträt

Donald Sturrockwas born in 1961 and grew up in England and South America. After reading Modern History at Oxford University, he joined BBC Televisions Music and Arts Department, where he worked as both producer and director between 1983 and 1992. After leaving the BBC, he wrote and directedThe Graham Greene Trilogyfor BBC2s ARENA series. Sturrock also directed a four-part series for the BBC, Plcido DomingosTales at the Operaand two award-winning television series for IMG Artists and Idale Audience, The Art of Singingand the Grammy award nominatedThe Art of Piano, as well as, An Awfully Big AdventureandThe Human Face(with John Cleese). In collaboration with an international team of composers, Sturrock has adapted and directed a series of musical versions of Roald Dahls childrens stories.

Rezensionen

'[A] superb biography...a hugely readable portrait that examines vividly and sympathetically the life and work of a difficult, complex author who was adored by millions of children, loathed by many adults, and was possibly a genius' Sunday Telegraph

'A truly magnificent biography...a masterly account' A.N.Wilson

'Donald Sturrock [is] a creative and sensitive biographer...minutely researched, Storyteller does Dahl the service, as Dahl did for some of his characters, of revealing the human in the monstrous' Times Literary Supplement

'It's a measure of the greatness of this biography that Sturrock is able to get behind these fantasies and exaggerations without losing respect or sympathy for Dahl...sometimes the very nature of Sturrock's primary sources is enough to stop you in your tracks' The Times

'A tremendously assured piece of work...Deftly, and with great acuity, [Sturrock] manages to embrace Dahl's numerous contradictions' Spectator

'Sturrock has done a fine job of memorialising this extraordinary curmudgeon' Evening Standard

'This warts-and-all biography brings [Dahl] vividly to life' Sunday Express

'Storyteller is a real liability if you have anything resembling a busy schedule. It hooks you from its opening sentence and before you know it you're up to your armpits in stories about spies and foxes and movie stars and you don't want to tear yourself away. As engrossing as only the best biographies can be.' Tom Shone

'The person I met when I met Roald Dahl comes through vividly on the pages of Storyteller. Dahl told me that he was generally disappointed in what people wrote about him, but I believe he would have appreciated Donald Sturrock's beautifully written book.' Charlotte Chandler

'Irresistible. I thought I knew quite a lot about Roald Dahl, but now I know much much more. Donald Sturrock's book lucidly describes a complicated life and relates it to the richness of Dahl's storytelling.' Quentin Blake, illustrator