{"product_id":"9780349012865-shirley-hazzard-a-writing-life","title":"Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authorised biography of Shirley Hazzard, one of the greatest writers in the English language, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Fire,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Transit of Venus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGreene on Capri,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the National Book Award, the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCosmopolitan, richly intelligent, beautiful, questing - Shirley Hazzard's writing reflects her life. The acclaim it attracts is immeasurable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrigitta Olubas tells the story of a girl from the suburbs of Sydney, Australia who fell early under the spell of words and sought out books as her companions. In the process she transformed and indeed created her life. She became a woman of the world who felt injustice keenly and a deep and original thinker, who wrote some of the most beautiful novels - \u003ci\u003eTransit of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Fire\u003c\/i\u003e among them - and always with an eye to the ways we reveal ourselves to another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of those rare biographies that sends one greedily back to the subject's word, better equipped to appreciate the richness on display'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLUCY SCHOLES, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Strikingly well-placed and well-proportioned. as befits her subject, Olubas comes with a gift for place and psychology' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL HOFMANN, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This new account of Hazzard's life should confirm her as one of the 20th century's greatest novelists' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHLOE SCHAMA, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An impeccably researched and deeply incisive account of Hazzard's life and work, and the intriguing interplay between the two' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLILY KING, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40856288755809,"sku":"9780349012865","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29648870.jpg?v=1725634779","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349012865-shirley-hazzard-a-writing-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}