by Alan Bennett · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571173891
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«Writing Home» is Alan Bennett's collection of autobiographical writings, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (417 pages, in English).
The volume brings together Alan Bennett's diaries from 1980 to 1995, along with articles, book and theater reviews, and pieces on his own television work. Personal recollections include his childhood in Leeds and his address at Russell Harty's memorial service. It includes «The Lady in the Van», the story of Mary Shepherd, a homeless woman who lived in a van in his garden for fifteen years.
First volume in the Alan Bennett Diaries series; the work was originally published in 1994.
For readers interested in memoirs and diaries by British authors, with humor and a personal view of theater, television and everyday life.
Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
