{"product_id":"9781529028829","title":"Somewhere Becoming Rain : Collected Writings on Philip Larkin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): James, Clive, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/10\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 160 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Picador,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: PAN MACMILLAN ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529028829\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA love letter from one of the world's most critically acclaimed writers to one of its most cherished poets. Clive James is a life-long admirer of the work of Philip Larkin. Somewhere Becoming Rain gathers all of James's writing on this towering literary figure of the twentieth century, together with extra material now published for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe greatness of Larkin's poetry continues to be obscured by the opprobrium attaching to his personal life and his private opinions. James writes about Larkin's poems, his novels, his jazz and literary criticism; he also considers the two major biographies, Larkin's letters and even his portrayal on stage in order to chart the extreme and, he argues, largely misguided equivocations about Larkin's reputation in the years since his death. Through this joyous and perceptive book, Larkin's genius is delineated and celebrated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames argues that Larkin's poems, adored by discriminating readers for over half a century, could only have been the product of his reticent, diffident, flawed, and all-too-human personality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022513471641,"sku":"9781529028829","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781529028829.jpg?v=1602537662","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781529028829","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}