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The Twinkling of an Eye (The Brian Aldiss Collection)
Brian Aldiss
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Description for The Twinkling of an Eye (The Brian Aldiss Collection)
Paperback. Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid and charming look at the stories behind this distinctive writer of fiction. Series: The Brian Aldiss Collection. Num Pages: 582 pages. BIC Classification: FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 414.
Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid and charming look at the stories behind this distinctive writer of fiction. His life as a struggling novelist is unflinchingly laid bare. There are recollections of the beauty and freedoms of Sumatra, the camaraderie of the army and the sobriety of post-war England, bookselling in Oxford, marital breakdown and financial impoverishment. With insight and honesty, Aldiss delves into his role in the ... Read more
Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid and charming look at the stories behind this distinctive writer of fiction. His life as a struggling novelist is unflinchingly laid bare. There are recollections of the beauty and freedoms of Sumatra, the camaraderie of the army and the sobriety of post-war England, bookselling in Oxford, marital breakdown and financial impoverishment. With insight and honesty, Aldiss delves into his role in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Brian Aldiss Collection
Condition
New
Number of Pages
582
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007482580
SKU
9780007482580
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About Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story `Criminal Record', which appeared in Science Fantasy ... Read more
Reviews for The Twinkling of an Eye (The Brian Aldiss Collection)
'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.' THE TELEGRAPH ` A literary and confessional autobiography of the first order.' INDEPENDENT `Frightening, gripping... not ... Read more