Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

The New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning, critically acclaimed memoir on life and aging â€”â€œAn honest joy to readâ€ (Alice Munro).

Hailed as â€œa virtuoso exerciseâ€ (Sunday Telegraph), this book reflects candidly, sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old. Charming readers, writers, and critics alike, the memoir won the Costa Award for Biography and made Athill, now ninety-one, a surprising literary star.

Diana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, "entirely untamed about both old and new conventions" (Literary Review) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being oldâ€”the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by "remarkable intelligence...[and the] easy elegance of her prose" (Daily Telegraph), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as "a virtuoso exercise" (Sunday Telegraph) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years.
Country USA
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-12-07
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2009-12-07
Format	Kindle eBook

Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

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