A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation by Alison Light (Engl

Description: A Radical Romance by Alison Light The extraordinary story of an unconventional marriage. A mesmerizing meditation on love and lossAlison Light met the radical social historian, Raphael Samuel, in London in 1986. Twenty years her senior, Raphael was a charismatic socialist from a very different background to Alisons working-class family. Within a year they were married. Within ten, Raphael would be dead.In this chronicle of a passionate marriage, Alison Light peels back the layers of their time together, its intimacies and its estrangements. She tells of moving into Raphaels cluttered 18th-century house in Spitalfields and into his equally full, unconventional life; of the whirlwind of change outside their door which brutally transformed Londons old East End districts; of being widowed at 41, and finding inspiration in her friendship with Raphaels mother. A Radical Romance is a luminous and deeply intelligent memoir of love and grief. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Alison Light is a writer and critic. She is an honorary professor in the Department of English at University College, London, Honorary Professorial Fellow at Edinburgh University and a Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford. A regular contributor to the London Review of Books, she is the author of the much-acclaimed Mrs Woolf and the Servants and Common People, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. She lives in Oxford. Review There are of course memoirs that do astonish and exceed our expectations of mere self-accounting: in recent years, Helen Macdonalds H Is for Hawk; Patti Smiths various autobiographical writings; Lorna Sages Bad Blood; and Gillian Roses Loves Work. Alison Lights A Radical Romance now joins this select bunch of books about the self that are not simply self-regarding but truly self-exploratory * Guardian *Extremely interesting, moving, brilliantly written, as one would expect from Alison Light * Claire Tomalin *A memoir of cauterising honesty. This is a book that deserves to be widely read * Spectator *An inspiring account of the deep love between Alison Light and her late husband Raphael Samuel * TLS *Beautifully crafted...It casts a light on the lightness of love and the profound depression of loss. A truly gifted writer * Hugh MacDonald, The Herald *She writes with precision and tenderness about loss. A Radical Romance is an admirable tribute to a man, a period of rapid change in London, and an unusual marriage * Guardian *Compulsively readable. Light is a shrewd narrator . . . she reflects with careful psychological and philosophical insight on the reality of loneliness and profound loss following ten years of marriage. Light is also a poet and it shows in certain suppositions or propositions, those observations she posits in high-wire mental leaps. * RTE *Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read * Observer, on Common People *Mesmeric and deeply moving * Daily Telegraph, on Common People *Remarkable, haunting, full of wisdom * The Times, on Common People *The most powerful family history I have ever read * Penelope Lively, New York Times, on Common People * Promotional The extraordinary story of an unconventional marriage. A mesmerizing meditation on love and loss. Review Text There are of course memoirs that do astonish and exceed our expectations of mere self-accounting: in recent years, Helen Macdonalds H Is for Hawk; Patti Smiths various autobiographical writings; Lorna Sages Bad Blood ; and Gillian Roses Loves Work. Alison Lights A Radical Romance now joins this select bunch of books about the self that are not simply self-regarding but truly self-exploratory Review Quote There are of course memoirs that do astonish and exceed our expectations of mere self-accounting: in recent years, Helen Macdonalds H Is for Hawk; Patti Smiths various autobiographical writings; Lorna Sages Bad Blood ; and Gillian Roses Loves Work. Alison Lights A Radical Romance now joins this select bunch of books about the self that are not simply self-regarding but truly self-exploratory -- Guardian Extremely interesting, moving, brilliantly written , as one would expect from Alison Light-- Claire Tomalin A memoir of cauterising honesty . This is a book that deserves to be widely read -- Spectator Beautifully crafted ...It casts a light on the lightness of love and the profound depression of loss. A truly gifted writer -- Hugh MacDonald, The Herald She writes with precision and tenderness about loss. A Radical Romance is an admirable tribute to a man, a period of rapid change in London, and an unusual marriage-- Guardian Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. A thrilling and unnerving read -- Observer, on Common People Mesmeric and deeply moving -- Daily Telegraph, on Common People Remarkable, haunting, full of wisdom -- The Times, on Common People The most powerful family history I have ever read -- Penelope Lively, New York Times, on Common People Promotional "Headline" The extraordinary story of an unconventional marriage. A mesmerizing meditation on love and loss Details ISBN0241975352 Author Alison Light Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 0241975352 ISBN-13 9780241975350 Publication Date 2020-08-06 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 941.085092 Short Title A Radical Romance Language English Pages 256 UK Release Date 2020-08-06 Narrator Jonathan Glover Illustrator Jill Weber Birth 1908 Death 1988 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780241244517 Audience General NZ Release Date 2020-08-05 AU Release Date 2020-08-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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