Book description
From childhood through to adulthood Â- if not necessarily maturity -
The Book of Life offers the literary journal of a lifetime,
in the company of the most fascinating and talented figures in history.
From Alan Bennett's wartime childhood in Yorkshire to Mahatma
Gandhi's experiment with cigarettes; Katherine Hepburn on her first
acting job aged 21 and Primo Levi on being captured by Fascist militia
at the same age; Darwin on his lifelong love - his work - and Nelson
Mandela on his release from prison aged 71 ... life and living in all
its manifold glories is represented.
With insights that encompass generations and continents, this is a
uniquely enjoyable immersion in some of the world's best, and most
personal, writing.
Eve Claxton was born in London and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She
has written for a variety of publications on both sides of the Atlantic
including
Vogue
,
The Tatler
and the
Guardian
. This is her first anthology.
