Sea, the sea
- London : Vintage, 2019
- xvi, 587 p. ; 18 cm
- Vintage classics .
Told by Charles Arrowby, a sixty-something actor, director, and playwright of some renown, recently retired. He has bought a place by the sea, Shruff End, "upon a small promontory", hoping to abandon his old world and life. Writing is part of his escape: he pens his memoirs cum diary, recounting past and present. Past, it turns out, intrudes into present far more than he hoped.
9781784875190
Middle-aged men Solitude Man-woman relationships Compulsive behavior English fiction Memoirs