Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life (Olubas Brigitta)(Pevná vazba)

The authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of The Transit of Venus and winner of the National Book Award''Lambent, discerning, deeply intelligent and empathetic'' Lucy Scholes, Financial Times''Impeccably researched and deeply incisive'' Lily King, New York Times''A refined, deeply insightful perspective'' Chloe Schama, Vogue''Absorbing, well-crafted... scrupulously researched'' KirkusBorn and raised in Sydney Australia, Hazzard lived around the world: in Hong Kong; Wellington, New Zealand; New York; Naples and Capri and her writing -- cosmopolitan, richly intelligent, beautiful, questing -- reflects her life. Her body of work is small but the acclaim it attracts is immeasurable, from among others, Michael Cunningham, Zoe Heller, Ann Patchett, Anne Tyler, Lauren Goff, Hermione Lee, Joan Didion, Richard Ford, Colm Toibin. At sixteen, she was living in Hong Kong with her family and working for the British Combined Services. She later worked, another desk job, for the United Nations in New York and, briefly, in Naples. Italy -- Capri and Naples -- claimed her heart and after she was married -- she was introduced to the biographer, Francis Steegmuller by Muriel Spark -- they divided their time between Italy and America. Drawing on diaries, letters, interviews alongside a close reading of Hazzard''s fiction -- Brigitta Olubas, herself Australian -- tells the story of a girl from the suburbs ''with a head full of poetry
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