{"product_id":"9781529154658","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly : A Life in Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A 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'Shot 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.\n\u003cbr\u003eSharply 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":"Hutchinson Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52898883076405,"sku":"EB_LI0700_N03-01_AD","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781529154658-1.jpg?v=1789406102","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ja\/products\/9781529154658","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}