Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist, and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades. She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis. She lives in Brighton and London.
This thought-provoking and beautifully written book blends memoir
with poetry and biography in search of what elements can evoke the
character of a person
*Financial Times, *Books of the Year**
'I think of my work as catching souls,' writes Ann Wroe, the
obituaries editor of The Economist, at the start of this book...
How she goes about capturing them all is a fascinating business
*Sunday Times, *Books of the Year**
Beautifully written, the prose witty, twisting and sensuous, but it
is sharp, too
*The Times*
What a treat it is to read a writer at the top of her game...
Astonishing... Lifescapes is the universe in miniature
*Daily Telegraph*
Evocative and beautifully written
*Financial Times*
She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she
touches
*Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall*
A fervent investigation into personhood... This book is full of
valiant attempts to reach the hidden, inmost and yet most expansive
meaning of being
*Literary Review*
On the back page of the Economist, the recently departed breathe
one last time. Every week I read her first and marvel at the
alchemy that produces her beautiful words. Now, thanks to
Lifescapes, I begin to understand from whence her shining gift has
come
*Peter Hennessy, author of The Silent Deep*
A rare and beautiful book. Like an aurora borealis or an elusive
spherical fish, Ann Wroe's writing performs a merger of substance
and form. Reading her, your perception shift to a higher octave. If
you want to experience a mystery - how the world's soul moves under
the skin of this reality - read this book
*Kapka Kassabova, author of Elixir*
Ann Wroe is a poet of the particular. Her prose, as tightly woven
as a rush basket, frequently breaks into song. Lifescapes is a
masterly celebration of the world, and of the peculiar and glorious
predicament of its inhabitants
*John Banville, author of The Sea*
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