A must read book - whatever your age. Adopting the rather outmoded literary form of the essay, Athill reflects on life - her life - growing old, relationships, sex and death among other subjects with an almost brutal honesty. And what a life, she has to look back on; publisher, editor, writer, lover always unconventional. She writes beautifully, with wit, humour and a complete lack of sentimentality, terrifying but refreshing and uplifting.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 63 Winter 2011 ) |
