Making an elephant : writing from within / Graham Swift

By: Swift, Graham, 1949- [author]
Publisher: London : Picador, 2010Description: 400 pages : 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780330451024Subject(s): Swift, Graham, 1949- | Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Authors, EnglishDDC classification: 828.91408
Contents:
Introduction -- Santa's Clinic: Croydon, 1955 -- Isaac Babel: Greece, 1967 -- Greece Again: 1974 -- Negronis with Alan: Kensington, 1976 -- Guidhall Farce: 1983 -- Talking to Patrick: New York and London, 1984-86 -- Buying a Guitar with Ish: Nagasaki, 1954-60 -- In the Bamboo Club with Caz: Toronto, 1986 -- Looking for Jiff Wolf: Prague, 1989 -- Filming the Fens: Norfolk and Twikenham, 1991 -- Making an Elephant: Sydenham, 1922-92 -- Santa Again: Christmas with Mr. Brown, 1989-99 -- Reading Aloud: Cheltenham and Everywhere, 1991 -- I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside: Nice, 1997 -- Fishing with Ted: Devon, 1998 -- Filming Again with Fred: Canterbury Cathedral, 2000 -- Local History and an Interview: Wandsworth, 1851-2005 -- Michel de Montaigner: Perigord, 1533-92 -- Acknowledgement -- List of Illustrations
Summary: Graham Swift brings together a richly varied selection of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing, full of insights into his passions and motivations and wise about the friends, family and other writers who habe mattered to him over the years.
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Introduction -- Santa's Clinic: Croydon, 1955 -- Isaac Babel: Greece, 1967 -- Greece Again: 1974 -- Negronis with Alan: Kensington, 1976 -- Guidhall Farce: 1983 -- Talking to Patrick: New York and London, 1984-86 -- Buying a Guitar with Ish: Nagasaki, 1954-60 -- In the Bamboo Club with Caz: Toronto, 1986 -- Looking for Jiff Wolf: Prague, 1989 -- Filming the Fens: Norfolk and Twikenham, 1991 -- Making an Elephant: Sydenham, 1922-92 -- Santa Again: Christmas with Mr. Brown, 1989-99 -- Reading Aloud: Cheltenham and Everywhere, 1991 -- I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside: Nice, 1997 -- Fishing with Ted: Devon, 1998 -- Filming Again with Fred: Canterbury Cathedral, 2000 -- Local History and an Interview: Wandsworth, 1851-2005 -- Michel de Montaigner: Perigord, 1533-92 -- Acknowledgement -- List of Illustrations

Graham Swift brings together a richly varied selection of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing, full of insights into his passions and motivations and wise about the friends, family and other writers who habe mattered to him over the years.

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