Telling Tales [Large Print] [Paperback]

Alan Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

Alan Bennett recalls his childhood in a sequence of ten talks. He relives family crises, early pieties and the last of a tradition of musical evenings round the piano. All of these tales are told with wry observation and ironic understatement.

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About the Author

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best-loved and most highly acclaimed writers. He has written widely for radio, television and theatre. His latest play, The History Boys, won several awards, including Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards for Best Play and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. It also won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, following an extremely successful transfer to Broadway. In 2006 Bennett was named Author of the Year at the British Book Awards for Untold Stories, his recent collection of memoirs and diaries. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753166720
• ISBN-13: 978-0753166727
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,812,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alan Bennett is a renowned playwright and essayist, a succession of whose plays have been staged at the Royal National Theatre and whose screenplay for The Madness of King George was nominated for an Academy Award. He made his first stage appearance with Beyond the Fringe and his latest play was The Lady in the Van with Maggie Smith. Episodes from his award-winning Talking Heads series have been shown on PBS. His first novel, The Clothes They Stood Up In, was published in 2000. He lives in London.