Greene on Capri: A Memoir

Greene on Capri: A Memoir - Paperback

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Greene on Capri: A Memoir - Paperback

Greene on Capri: A Memoir - Paperback

by Shirley Hazzard , Shirley Hazzard Steegmuller , The Estate of Shirley Hazzard Steegmulle
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by Shirley Hazzard (Author), Shirley Hazzard Steegmuller (Author), The Estate of Shirley Hazzard Steegmulle (Author)

When friends die, one's own credentials change: one becomes a survivor. Graham Greene has already had biographers, one of whom has served him mightily. Yet I hope that there is room for the remembrance of a friend who knew him-not wisely, perhaps, but fairly well-on an island that was "not his kind of place," but where he came season after season, year after year; and where he, too, will be subsumed into the capacious story.

For millennia the cliffs of Capri have sheltered pleasure-seekers and refugees alike, among them the emperors Augustus and Tiberius, Henry James, Rilke, and Lenin, and hosts of artists, eccentrics, and outcasts. Here in the 1960s Graham Greene became friends with Shirley Hazzard and her husband, the writer Francis Steegmuller; their friendship lasted until Greene's death in 1991. In Greene on Capri, Hazzard uses their ever volatile intimacy as a prism through which to illuminate Greene's mercurial character, his work and talk, and the extraordinary literary culture that long thrived on this ravishing, enchanted island.

Author Biography

Shirley Hazzard's (1931-2016) books include The Evening of the Holiday, The Bay of Noon, and The Transit of Venus (winner of the 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction). She lived in New York City, always maintaining her ties with Italy.

Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.23 x 5.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 04, 2001
ISBN9780374527778
Author Shirley Hazzard , Shirley Hazzard Steegmuller , The Estate of Shirley Hazzard Steegmulle
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2001
LanguageENG- English
Pages160
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) is the author of Greene on Capri, a memoir of Graham Greene, and several works of fiction, including The Evening of the Holiday, The Bay of Noon, and The Transit of Venus, winner of the 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award. She lived in New York City and Capri.
About Shirley Hazzard Steegmuller
Born in Sydney, Australia, Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) lived in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Italy, and the United States. She is the author of the acclaimed novel, The Transit of Venus (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), as well as several other works of fiction, and most recently a memoir of Graham Greene, Green on Capri.
About The Estate of Shirley Hazzard Steegmulle
Born in Sydney, Australia, Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) lived in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Italy, and the United States. She is the author of the acclaimed novel, The Transit of Venus (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), as well as several other works of fiction, and most recently a memoir of Graham Greene, Green on Capri.

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