Molly Keane: A Life by Sally Phipps (English) Paperback Book

Description: Molly Keane by Sally Phipps A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen (Bookseller) - by her daughter. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day; as well as writing books she was the leading playwright of the 30s, her work directed by John Gielgud. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. In 1981, aged seventy, she published Good Behaviour under her own name. The manuscript, which had languished in a drawer for many years, was lent to a visitor, the actress Peggy Ashcroft, who encouraged Keane to publish it.Molly Keanes novels reflect the world she inhabited; she was from a rather serious hunting and fishing, church-going family. She was educated, as was the custom in Anglo-Irish households, by a series of governesses and then at boarding school. Distant and awkward relationships between children and their parents would prove to be a recurring theme for Keane. Maggie OFarrell wrote that she writes better than anyone else about the mother-daughter relationship, in all its thorny, fraught, inescapable complexity.Here, for the first time, is her biography and, written by one of her two daughters, it provides an honest portrait of a fascinating, complicated woman who was a brilliant writer and a portrait of the Anglo-Irish world of the first half of the twentieth century. Notes The definitive biography of the Irish novelist and playwright, most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Penned by one of her two daughters, it provides an honest portrait of this fascinating and complicated woman, together with an insight into the Anglo-Irish world of the first half of the 20th century. Flap Just before she died, the Anglo-Irish writer Molly Keane, best remembered for her Man Booker shortlisted novel, Good Behaviour , a brilliantly sharp novel about a mother-daughter relationship, suggested her eldest daughter might write about her. Make it as much like a novel as possible. An arrestingly graceful, truthful and compassionate portrait of a relationship with a mother who was both lethal and loving Miranda Seymour, TLS A vivid and sensitive portrait of Anglo-Irish society . . . finely attuned to the complexities of her mothers character, and captures the mix of "courage, glamour and fantasy" that sustained her class. Selina Guinness, Irish Times Phipps, in recounting her rackety mothers huntin dancin drinkin life, the sparkle of her early novels and the darkness of her late ... is forgiving and acute Claudia FitzHerbert, Sunday Telegraph Sally Phipps light-footedly brings Molly Keane back to life, and makes one grateful for the illusion of having met her Kate Kellaway, Observer The novelists daughter, and herself a born writer... If you are to read only one biography this year, make it Sally Phippss ... this is memoir as work of art Thomas McCarthy, Irish Examiner Author Biography Sally Phipps is Molly Keanes daughter. Review A vivid and sensitive portrait of Anglo-Irish society . . . finely attuned to the complexities of her mothers character, and captures the mix of "courage, glamour and fantasy" that sustained her class. This biography lays down new critical avenues for reappraising Molly Keanes considerable oeuvre - Irish TimesSally Phipps has written an intimate, affectionate life . . . a fascinating book that really needed to be written, and it fills a big gap. Not enough is known about the Anglo-Irish in the twentieth century. Lets hope it leads to a Molly Keane revival - SpectatorSally Phipps almost pulls off the impossible: she light-footedly brings Molly Keane back to life, and makes one grateful for the illusion of having met her - ObserverAn arrestingly graceful, truthful and compassionate portrait - Times Literary Supplement Long Description Molly Keane (1904 - 96) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day; as well as writing books she was the leading playwright of the 30s, her work directed by John Gielgud. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. In 1981, aged seventy, she published Good Behaviour under her own name. The manuscript, which had languished in a drawer for many years, was lent to a visitor, the actress Peggy Ashcroft, who encouraged Keane to publish it.Molly Keanes novels reflect the world she inhabited; she was from a rather serious hunting and fishing, church-going family. She was educated, as was the custom in Anglo-Irish households, by a series of governesses and then at boarding school. Distant and awkward relationships between children and their parents would prove to be a recurring theme for Keane. Maggie OFarrell wrote that she writes better than anyone else about the mother-daughter relationship, in all its thorny, fraught, inescapable complexity.Here, for the first time, is her biography and, written by one of her two daughters, it provides an honest portrait of a fascinating, complicated woman who was a brilliant writer and a Review Quote Beautifully written . . . this sparking biography serves her memory and achievement fairly, fondly, and as one suspects, truthfully Promotional "Headline" A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen ( Bookseller) - by her daughter. Description for Sales People Sally Phipps writes, rather like her mother, with an exacting eye and evocative style. Details ISBN0349007543 Author Sally Phipps Pages 352 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2018 ISBN-10 0349007543 ISBN-13 9780349007540 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Virago Press Ltd Subtitle A Life Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.912 Publication Date 2018-01-25 Short Title Molly Keane Language English UK Release Date 2018-01-25 Illustrations 16ppblack-and-white Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-01-29 AU Release Date 2018-01-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123672135;

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