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Title: AMMONITES AND LEAPING FISH
A LIFE IN TIME
By: Penelope Lively
Format: Hardback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 0241146380
ISBN 13: 9780241146385
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 10 October, 2013
Pages: 240
Description: Reports from beyond the horizon of old age. This book looks at the context of a life and times, the history and archaeology that is actually being made as we live out our lives in real time, in her case World War II; post war penny-pinching Britain; the Suez crisis; the Cold War and up to the present day.
Synopsis: "One of the finest novelists writing in Britain today". (Times Magazine). A memoir that addresses ageing, memory, time and a life in the 20th century, by one of our greatest writers, Penelope Lively. 'This is not quite a memoir. Rather, it is the view from old age. And a view of old age itself, this place at which we arrive with a certain surprise - ambushed, or so it can seem. One of the few advantages of age is that you can report on it with a certain authority; you are a native now, and know what goes on here.' In this charming but powerful memoir, Penelope Lively reports from beyond the horizon of old age. She describes what old age feels like for those who have arrived there and considers the implications of this new demographic. She looks at the context of a life and times, the history and archaeology that is actually being made as we live out our lives in real time, in her case World War II; post war penny-pinching Britain; the Suez crisis; the Cold War and up to the present day. She examines the tricks and truths of memory. She looks back over a lifetime of reading and writing.And finally she looks at her identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others. This is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved writers. "Lively's memoir about age and the pleasures and pains of seniority is informative, instructive, unexpected and beautifully observed". (Vogue). "Rich in observations and recollections. It should be read slowly because there is much to invite reflection". (Herald Scotland). "An elegant and thoughtful dissection of a subject few writers dare dwell on". (Times Magazine).
Illustrations: illustrations (black and white)
Publication: UK
Imprint: Fig Tree
Prizes: Short-listed for PEN/Ackerley Prize 2014
Returns: Returnable
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