Fires which Burned Brightly

Sobre el libro Fires which Burned Brightly de Sebastian Faulks publicado por Random Usa al 2025:

The only dividend of the years vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time.In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, invites readers on a series of musings on a steeply changing world: from a post-war childhood cold mutton, beef dripping and wet washing on a rack over the range in rural Berkshire, to the boozy heights of s Fleet Street, and a career as the author of nineteen acclaimed books including Birdsong. It is infused with a recognition, that only comes with time, of the profoundly formative influence of ones parents and looks askance at how we become who we are.In this wise and wryly funny essay collection, Faulks looks back at a life which encompasses not one, but two, daring escapes from boarding school the heady delirium of a jetlagged book tour and countless memorable trips across the channel to France. These reflections give voice to a generation and come to form a tender, insightful portrait of one of our greatest living novelists.Sharply perceptive and peppered with generous wit, Fires Which Burned Brightly is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.