Clive James

Flying Visits (eBook, ePUB)

Postcards From The Observer 1976-83

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Produktbeschreibung

Travel writing at its humorous best, Flying Visits collects the Postcards of Clive James originally written for the Observer between 1976 and 1983 - full of his distinctive wit and satire.

Whether enduring Australian television, exploring the mystifying Soviet Union, watching sumo training in Japan, or enjoying Sondheim via serial killers in New York, James is never less than thoroughly entertaining.

As a time-capsule of the period or as a humorous journey across the globe, this is an enduring collection for the well - and not so well - travelled.

'He writes with such wisecracking intelligence that you're happy to be taken around by him - whether to Japan, Los Angeles, or Sydney' - Guardian

Clive James (1939-2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes and collected in Clive James On Television. His encyclopaedic study of culture and politics in the twentieth century, Cultural Amnesia, remains perhaps the definitive embodiment of his wide-ranging talents as a critic.

Praise for Clive James:

'The perfect critic' - A.O. Scott, New York Times

'There can't be many writers of my generation who haven't been heavily influenced by Clive James' - Charlie Brooker

'A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer' - Verity Lambert

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509832385
• Artikelnr.: 47994776

Autorenporträt

Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. He published several poetry collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Sentenced to Life, and a translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He held honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013, an Officer of the Order of Australia. He died in 2019.