Аннотация: Over Seventy

When is an autobiography not an autobiography? When the author is P. G. Wodehouse.
Over Seventy purports to be a series of answers to stray questions about ageing given by a rambling old gentleman full of irrelevant anecdote and wise saws, but when the rambling old gentleman in question happens to be P. G. Wodehouse we know that this persona is a shrewd literary strategy. Underneath the strategy, Wodehouse's feeling for literary form and his nose for comedy are as strong as ever.
Presenting himself as a traditional Englishman who deplores the baring of souls - and doubts if he has a soul of his own to bare - Wodehouse neatly sidesteps difficult biographical questions in favour of self deprecating humour and comic vignette. But if Over Seventy is deliberately evasive, its very discretion tells us a lot more about one of the most celebrated twentieth-century writers. A charming and very funny book which reveals more than it tells.

Автор/составитель	Вудхаус Пелам Гренвилл
Серия	Everyman`s Library P. G. Wodehouse
Год выпуска	2014
ISBN	9781841591940
Производитель	Everyman
Количество томов	1
Количество страниц	224
Переплет	Суперобложка
Размеры	190x135x23 мм
Тип бумаги	офсетная (60-220 г/м2)
Вес	322
Язык	английский