Thursday, 19 March 2026

A Challenging and Absorbing Task

On the tenth anniversary of Anita Brookner's death, Hermione Lee gives an insightful portrait of the author (see here). Professor Lee's forthcoming biography was an exercise in life-writing not without its difficulties:

Brookner was an intensely private person who made away with most of her archive, kept her friends in separate compartments, and had secrets she never revealed.

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