Soundings

by Anita Brookner

A compilation of essays writtin during the last twenty-five years covers such topics as nineteenth-century French painting, the literary works of Rousseau and Doris Lessing, and the Bible

Genres: Art, Essays

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Anita Brookner published her first novel, A Start In Life in 1981. Her most notable novel, her fourth, Hotel du Lac won the Man Booker Prize in 1984. Her novel, The Next Big Thing was longlisted (alongside John Banville's, Shroud) in 2002 for the Man Booker Prize. She published more than 25 works of fiction, notably: Strangers (2009) shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fraud (1992) and, The Rules of Engagement (2003). She was also the first female to hold a Slade Professorship of Fine Arts at Cambridge University.