Keeping On Keeping On
Alan Bennett
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
11/07/2017
ISBN: 9780374716974
736 PagesA collection of Bennett’s diaries and essays, covering 2005 to 2015
Alan Bennett’s third collection of prose, Keeping On Keeping On, follows in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful Writing Home and Untold Stories. Bringing together the hilarious, revealing, and lucidly intelligent writing of one of England’s best-known literary figures, Keeping On Keeping On contains Bennett’s diaries from 2005 to 2015—with everything from his much celebrated essays to his irreverent comic pieces and reviews—reflecting on a decade that saw four major theater premieres and the films of The History Boys and The Lady in the Van. A chronicle of one of the most important literary careers of the twentieth century, Keeping On Keeping On is a classic history of a life in letters.
Lambda Literary Award - Nominee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Guide to the 100 Best Books of the Year, NPR Best Book of the Year
Introduction
Since diaries make up the bulk of this book a diary entry is an appropriate start:
10 December 2015. Trying to hit on a title for this collection I pick up Larkin’s The Whitsun Weddings … a presentation...
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