A memoir of my former self

Hilary Mantel

As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. 'A Memoir of My Former Self' collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Mantel's subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels - revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England - and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia.

Author(s): Mantel, Hilary
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 06/06/2024
Pagination: 432 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: John Murray
Published By: John Murray
Book Classification: Biography & non-fiction prose|Publishing industry & book trade, the press and journalism|Reportage & collected journalism
Dimensions: 198x128x34
Weight: 360
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781399813907