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And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Blake Morrison
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Description for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Paperback. First published in 1993, this work is a portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It includes an afterword by the author. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 185.
First published in 1993, Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father? is an extraordinary portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It became a best-seller and inspired a whole genre of confessional memoirs, winning the Waterstone's/Volvo/Esquire Award for Non-Fiction and the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
First published in 1993, Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father? is an extraordinary portrait of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. It became a best-seller and inspired a whole genre of confessional memoirs, winning the Waterstone's/Volvo/Esquire Award for Non-Fiction and the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862079083
SKU
9781862079083
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About Blake Morrison
Blake Morrison is the author of several books, including As If, and his essay collection, Too True. His latest book is Things My Mother Never Told Me (Vintage/Granta US). He lives in London.
Reviews for And When Did You Last See Your Father?
A painful, funny, frightening, moving, marvellous book ... everybody should read it
Nick Hornby Tender, honest, angry, loyal, this extraordinary book balances the life, illness and death of a forceful father with the feelings of his independent son
The Times
This luminous tribute to a beloved dad made me laugh until I cried and cry till my nostrils were raw. A masterpiece - one of those books that you treasure forever
Val Hennessy A marvellous piece of family literature. He says much about death and dying and more about life and living. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, above all, unforgettably humane
Sydney Morning Herald
A splendid book ... it leaps with life
Irish Times
More than any novel could be, And when did you last see your father? is the once-only, all-or-nothing book of a poet: the life held up so close to one's face that one can smell it, touch it, marvel at the power of words to unlock and unravel, then pour helter-skelter over our heads this magical brainstorm of memories
Spectator
Joy and pain are both imminent and distant as the book rocks back and forth between life and death and, while it lasts, it is visceral and real
Observer
Wonderful, eternally moving... I don't think anyone has ever written better about the relationship between fathers and sons
Tony Parsons
Mail on Sunday
Nick Hornby Tender, honest, angry, loyal, this extraordinary book balances the life, illness and death of a forceful father with the feelings of his independent son
The Times
This luminous tribute to a beloved dad made me laugh until I cried and cry till my nostrils were raw. A masterpiece - one of those books that you treasure forever
Val Hennessy A marvellous piece of family literature. He says much about death and dying and more about life and living. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, above all, unforgettably humane
Sydney Morning Herald
A splendid book ... it leaps with life
Irish Times
More than any novel could be, And when did you last see your father? is the once-only, all-or-nothing book of a poet: the life held up so close to one's face that one can smell it, touch it, marvel at the power of words to unlock and unravel, then pour helter-skelter over our heads this magical brainstorm of memories
Spectator
Joy and pain are both imminent and distant as the book rocks back and forth between life and death and, while it lasts, it is visceral and real
Observer
Wonderful, eternally moving... I don't think anyone has ever written better about the relationship between fathers and sons
Tony Parsons
Mail on Sunday