A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal 1996-98My Name Escapes Me, the January 1995 to June 1996 diary of Alec Guinness, received wide critical acclaim and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. This new volume contains Sir Alec's journal from June 1996 to December 1998. It is a diary as before, but this time, with the "journal" structure, it is less formally organized and is based around individual months rather than days, giving him more length for various subjects. The summer of 1996 ended well, with an operation that successfully treated an eye that had been useless for almost ten years. Further good news on the health front followed in March 1997. These were tumultuous times for England -- the election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the death of Diana -- but other matters continued to hold equal importance in Hampshire: the difficulties of the plane trees during the dry summer, the extraordinary appearance in the skies of the Hale-Bopp comet, the vulnerability of the hassocks in Steep Church, and the experiments with Chinese cooking, encouraged by the enthusiasm of a British television chef. |
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Page 109
... painted by him and flattered by the result . He managed to make me look twenty years younger and as if I had just returned from a healthy skiing holiday . The eyes , maybe , are too blue and the nose too neat and straight , and he has ...
... painted by him and flattered by the result . He managed to make me look twenty years younger and as if I had just returned from a healthy skiing holiday . The eyes , maybe , are too blue and the nose too neat and straight , and he has ...
Page 111
... painted by Grünewald , in the museum . It is an agoniz- ing crucifixion , with twisted , distorted feet and hands , as far from the sweetness of the Norwich river as you could get . The only comfort in the Grünewald is the caring , fair ...
... painted by Grünewald , in the museum . It is an agoniz- ing crucifixion , with twisted , distorted feet and hands , as far from the sweetness of the Norwich river as you could get . The only comfort in the Grünewald is the caring , fair ...
Page 116
... painted from top to bottom . ' It stands 16 inches high . Hurry ! Hurry ! Not a cent will come to me or from me I am relieved to say . 22 February . Spent two nights in London last week . Lunch with Alan B. ( quiet and relaxed ) ...
... painted from top to bottom . ' It stands 16 inches high . Hurry ! Hurry ! Not a cent will come to me or from me I am relieved to say . 22 February . Spent two nights in London last week . Lunch with Alan B. ( quiet and relaxed ) ...
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