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Title details for Untold Stories, Part One by Alan Bennett - Available

Untold Stories, Part One

Stories

by Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett
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Untold Stories, Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his UK-bestselling Writing Home, brings together the finest and funniest of his writing over the last ten years. This is a poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of Alan's parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret. At times heartrending, and at others extremely funny, Untold Stories is an unforgettable journey into Alan Bennett's past.

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  • Release date

    September 7, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792774334
      • File size: 73267 KB
      • Duration: 02:32:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2010

      In his first major collection of prose since the 1995 British Book of the Year Award winner Writing Home, celebrated British playwright Bennett recalls his parents' marriage, his mother's battle with depression, and the colorful aunties. Dominant themes include suicide, madness, and the decline of his relatives in old age; lightening the narrative load are punctuations of characteristic British humor. As Bennett, the son of a butcher, captures life in 1940s working-class Leeds, he reveals his skill at witty description, especially in the stories about his mother's sisters, working girls before marrying later in life. The author himself narrates, in a distinctively sad voice underscoring the poignancy of the material. This newly available audio will appeal to fans of Bennett's previous works, particularly Writing Home.--Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo

      Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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