V.S. Pritchett: A Working Life
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ISBN: 071269725X / Publisher: Pimlico, October 2005
This dazzling new biography of the “English Chekhov”, who in many ways embodied literary life in the 20th century, analyzes the art and power of Pritchett’s writings, drawing on hitherto unpublished letters and diaries to bring him to life.
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This dazzling new biography brilliantly analyses the art and power of Pritchett's seemingly artless writings, and draws on a mass of hitherto unpublished letters and diaries to bring our 'English Chekhov' to vibrant, pungent life - 'a small man of big appetites and energies', melancholy yet hilarious, and often surprisingly passionate.
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