A Stinging Delight

A Stinging Delight
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 442
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ISBN-10 : 9780571360338
ISBN-13 : 0571360335
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Stinging Delight by : David Storey

Download or read book A Stinging Delight written by David Storey and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade School of Art and his life in post-war London. He describes shocking scenes in the seventeen deprived East End schools in which he taught. He documents the childhood death of his eldest brother, addressing much of the memoir to him and exploring how this relates to his own sometimes paralysing depression, which haunted most of his life. And yet, a prolific and celebrated writer, he recalls heady spells in New York, close relationships in the theatre with Joycelyn Herbert, Ralph Richardson and Lindsay Anderson, early success with This Sporting Life, and winning the Booker Prize for his novel Saville.


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