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Elspeth Barker - Notes from the Henhouse, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Notes from the Henhouse

From the author of O CALEDONIA, a delightful springtime read full of pigs, ponds and fresh air

Av Elspeth Barker

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'THIS BOOK IS HEAVEN' OLIVIA LAING'JOYOUS, STARTLING, FUNNY, LUSH' THE TIMES'UTTERLY CAPTIVATING' INDIA KNIGHT Elspeth Barker lived a riotous, rapturous, remarkable life, featuring: - A gothic castle, a draughty Norfolk farmhouse and a malevolent Aga- A pet pig named Portia whose penchant for drama leads to an obsession with geraniums and an addiction to wine (the Bulgarian vintage)- George Barker, poet and beloved husband, warbling cowboy songs into his glass and declaiming Hopkins and Houseman in The Drinking Room- Five entrancing baby cherubimos, rolling and bouncing about in a big brass bed, before growing up at breakneck speed- The ecstasy of writing, the dither of procrastination and the endless adventures to be had in the wild realms of the imaginationFrom the author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia, this collection of autobiographical writing gives a joyful insight into the mind of a truly original and enchanting writer.A W&N Essential with an Introduction by Raffaella Barker
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-11-09
  • Mått: 142 x 218 x 26 mm
  • Vikt: 340 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: W&N Essentials
  • Antal sidor: 240
  • Förlag: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781399612494
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Elspeth Barker was the author of O Caledonia, a novel hailed as a 'sparky, funny work of genius' (Ali Smith). She taught Latin at what she described as 'a naughty girls' school' on the Norfolk coast and worked as a tutor and lecturer in creative writing at the Norwich School of Art and Design. She wrote for the Independent, the Observer, the Sunday Times and the London Review of Books. Elspeth was married to the poet George Barker. She died in 2022.

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Elspeth Barker could write about anything and have you longing for more . . . Notes from the Henhouse is a book for which one feels incredulous gratitude. How come, you think, she is not better known? The book deserves to be permanently on the bedside table - to cheer, reassure and inspire . . . [Barker's] essays are sympathetic little masterpieces to which she brings storytelling capacity and an intensity that absorbs as the best fiction does

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