Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home

Hill, Susan

ISBN 10: 1846682665 / ISBN 13: 9781846682667

Published by Ips - Profile Books, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846682665
• ISBN 13: 9781846682667
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again.

A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill's eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years. Howard's End is on the Landing charts the journey of one of the nation's most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

About the Author

Susan Hill is the winner of numerous prestigious literary awards. The Man in the Picture was published by Profile in 2007, and she is the author of a highly successful crime series (Chatto & Windus). The Woman in Black has been running in the West End for 20 years.