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When I Was Old
Georges Simenon
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Description for When I Was Old
Paperback. Examining his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the author reveals a man trying both to find and to escape himself. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
'For personal reasons, or for reasons I don't know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks. I was nearing the age of sixty' Georges Simenon's autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and 'all the silly ideas that pass through my head', are one of the most candid self-portraits of a writer ever put to paper. Here, as the celebrated author ruthlessly examines his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the result is an unsparing, often painfully revealing insight into a man ... Read more
'For personal reasons, or for reasons I don't know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks. I was nearing the age of sixty' Georges Simenon's autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and 'all the silly ideas that pass through my head', are one of the most candid self-portraits of a writer ever put to paper. Here, as the celebrated author ruthlessly examines his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the result is an unsparing, often painfully revealing insight into a man ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241213131
SKU
V9780241213131
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About Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. ... Read more
Reviews for When I Was Old
Makes you feel he's chatting to you as he would to a good friend. The Simenon of the statistics (books written, women bedded) recedes into the background and Simenon the man comes to the fore.
Anthony Thuillier
Irish Independent
Fascinating
Sunday Telegraph
One of the most poignant autobiographies.
New York Time Magazine
Leslie ... Read more
Anthony Thuillier
Irish Independent
Fascinating
Sunday Telegraph
One of the most poignant autobiographies.
New York Time Magazine
Leslie ... Read more