Letting Go of the Balloon

Reading, Writing, Looking, Listening and Very Occasionally Living Dangerously

Häftad, Engelska, 2049

111 kr

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A new memoir from the author of The Year of Reading Dangerously about the culture we love as we grow up, why we love it, and why we leave some of it behind. Letting Go of the Balloon is a book about writing, looking, listening and occasionally living dangerously too. Each chapter in Andy Miller’s touching and hilarious book begins with the image of a balloon, in a film or a piece of writing or a painting or a song.Each one meant something to Andy at some point in his life – Winnie-the-Pooh when he was a child, Withnail and I as a young man, the work of Ian McEwan from the ages of 20 to 46 – And each essay will ask the question, explicitly or implicitly, when is the moment to let go of the balloon? When do we give up? Should we keep rising to see if we can reach the delicious honey at the top of the tree, despite the thinning air and the angry bees? Or do we need to ask someone to shoot us down before we drift out of reach?

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Utgivningsdatum:2049-12-31
Mått:129 x 198 x 9 mm
Vikt:270 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780008203733
Miljömärkning:Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.

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Andy Miller is a reader, author and editor of books. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, Esquire and Mojo. His first book ‘Tilting at Windmills: How I Tried to Stop Worrying and Love Sport’ was published in 2002; his acclaimed study of the Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society LP followed in 2004.

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Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2049-12-31
Mått:129 x 198 x 9 mm
Vikt:270 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780008203733
Miljömärkning:Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.