Backstage
Stories of a writing life
'Donna Leon has created a beautifully crafted looking glass into her world.' TLS<BR>'To read her is to restore the soul.' THE TIMES<BR>'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power.' SPECTATOR<BR><BR>Whether walking along the canals of Venice or teaching English to Iranian pilots, interviewing blood diamond dealers or reading Great Expectations, Donna Leon has found inspiration in the strangest of places.<BR><BR>In this engaging collection of stories on writing, reading, teaching and Venice, Leon offers new insight into the moments that shaped her into a celebrated, internationally bestselling author. Infused with her ever-present and delightful sense of humour and irony, she is as good a storyteller about herself as she is a chronicler of Guido Brunetti's crime adventures. Readers will be as caught up in her world as she is in his.
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'Donna Leon has created a beautifully crafted looking glass into her world.' TLS<BR>'To read her is to restore the soul.' THE TIMES<BR>'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power.' SPECTATOR<BR><BR>Whether walking along the canals of Venice or teaching English to Iranian pilots, interviewing blood diamond dealers or reading Great Expectations, Donna Leon has found inspiration in the strangest of places.<BR><BR>In this engaging collection of stories on writing, reading, teaching and Venice, Leon offers new insight into the moments that shaped her into a celebrated, internationally bestselling author. Infused with her ever-present and delightful sense of humour and irony, she is as good a storyteller about herself as she is a chronicler of Guido Brunetti's crime adventures. Readers will be as caught up in her world as she is in his.
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Stories of a writing life
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192 mm | 131 mm | 22 mm | 162 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2026
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Random House UK
ISBN-10
1804955485
Autor
Donna Leon
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
224
Themen
Essays, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Memoiren, Berichte, Erinnerungen, Anthologien nicht Lyrik, Biografien: Schriftsteller
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