Robert Hughes, one of the most illuminating minds ever to have taken on the subjects of art & culture, uses his same critical abilities to give us a brutally intimate account of his early life, up until the time he quit Australia for the United States.

Part memoir, part history lesson, part philosophical tract, Hughes uses his own experiences to examine the nature of art, war, sex, religion-writing & life itself.

This is by far Hughes's most personal writing ever, & is sure to stir emotions from reverence to fear & from jealousy to distate in his readers.



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Robert Hughes, one of the most illuminating minds ever to have taken on the subjects of art & culture, uses his same critical abilities to give us a brutally intimate account of his early life, up until the time he quit Australia for the United States.

Part memoir, part history lesson, part philosophical tract, Hughes uses his own experiences to examine the nature of art, war, sex, religion-writing & life itself.

This is by far Hughes's most personal writing ever, & is sure to stir emotions from reverence to fear & from jealousy to distate in his readers.



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Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal story ...

In his masterpiece of family literature, & When Did you Last See Your Father?, Blake Morrison's mother appears as an intriguing but mostly silent figure. This is her startling & touching story
- & a son's search to discover the truth about the remarkable Kerry girl who qualified as a doctor in Dublin in 1942, worked in British hospitals throughout the war, & then reinvented herself again to adapt to a quieter post-war family life. At the heart of the book there's a passionate wartime love affair, seen through the frank, funny, furious letters his parents wrote during their courtship. It evokes a surprising picture of life & love in WWII. From the obstacles the lovers faced, to their moments of hilarity & joy Things My Mother Never Told Me is a revealing & poignant anatomy of family conflict, love, war, & finally marriage. Kim Morrison emerges quietly, magically from the shadows, a determined heroine for our times.
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In his acclaimed & much-loved memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? Blake Morrison's mother remains a mysterious, ...