My Appointment with the Muse: Essays, 1961-75

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Heinemann, 1986 - 175 páginas

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Imagination in the Novel 1961
13
Manchester 1967
39
The Novel
71
Direitos de autor

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Acerca do autor (1986)

Author Paul Scott was born in England on March 25, 1920. At the age of 16, he left the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School because of financial difficulties and started a career as an accountant. In 1940, he joined the army and was sent to India. After World War II, he worked as an accountant for two small publishing houses and then as a literary agent. In 1952, he published his first novel Johnny Sahib and in 1960, he decided to become a full-time author. He is best-known for his series the Raj Quartet and his novel Staying On won the 1977 Booker Prize. He also wrote reviews and was a visiting professor at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. He died on March 1, 1978.

Informação bibliográfica

TítuloMy Appointment with the Muse: Essays, 1961-75
AutorPaul Scott
EditorShelley C. Reece
ColaboradorShelley C. Reece
EditoraHeinemann, 1986
Original deUniversidade de Michigan
Digitalizado28 Jun 2006
ISBN0434626007, 9780434626007
Número de páginas175 páginas
  
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