{"product_id":"fires-which-burned-brightly-a-life-in-progress","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wise and heartfelt piece of writing'  THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty'  INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wry and reflective . . . a soulful look at a life in words'  i PAPER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer’  RORY STEWART, author of  Politics on the Edge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Utterly fascinating’  DAVID KYNASTON, author of  A Northern Wind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'S hot through with the kind of depth and detail that can only come from a masterful writer finally turning his pen to his own life. Fresh, wise and finely-wrought'  ALICE WINN, author of  In Memoriam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thought-provoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised and sane’  MARK KNOPFLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*** In  Fires Which Burned Brightly , Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range’ – the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country’s most acclaimed novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of  Birdsong  in his brother’s house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is driven by a desire ‘to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.’ It ends with a tribute to Faulks’s parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\nSharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit,  Fires Which Burned Brightly  is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR SEBASTIAN FAULKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Faulks writes with great emotional authority'  SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A prodigiously talented writer'   NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Faulks is beyond doubt a master'  FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The most impressive novelist of his generation'  SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54363818066288,"sku":"UK307","price":6.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_7546_3e627487aa.jpg?v=1790236988","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/fires-which-burned-brightly-a-life-in-progress","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}