Any human heart book cover

As a writer who finds inspiration with hemingway in paris and virginia woolf in london, as a spy recruited. The book cover archive is edited and maintained by ben pieratt and eric jacobsen. It was announced in april 2010, 1 and was broadcast on channel 4 from 21 november to 12 december 2010, consisting of four episodes of one hour each. Each journal covers a different period of mountstuarts life, and they are usually geographically named. Any human heart vintage international kindle edition. That explains why logan pens his thoughts of momentous. William boyds latest novel, any human heart, is probably the one that best capitalizes on the authors own peripatetic lifeone that took him from ghana to nice and glasgow. It covers his life from his school days to his death and the author uses his life to illuminate various issues and events in the period which it covers. Through the intimate journals of logan mounstuart we travel from uruguay to oxford, on to paris, the bahamas, new york and west africa, and meet his three wives, his family, his friends and colleagues, his rivals, enemies and lovers, including notables such as the duke and duchess of windsor, ernest hemingway and virginia woolf. An icecream war, winner of the john llewellyn rhys prize and shortlisted for the booker prize. Never say you know the last word about any human heart. The spectator uk anita brookner an excellent picaresque novel, written in a confident, easygoing style.

And read again itcher mag on the windup bird chronicle. William boyds novel any human heart is his disjointed autobiography. But i cant tell if this one is better or worse than the one at bottom of this post. William boyd, quote from any human heart when i think of my youth, he went in, what we took for granted, what we assumed was for ever certain, for ever permanent. Logan gonzago mountstuart, writer, was born in 1906, and died of a heart attack on october 5, 1991, aged 85. William boyd is the author of ten novels, including a good man in africa, winner of the whitbread award and the somerset maugham award. At the same time, however, the tate references remind us that any human heart is a created work expressing the concerns, passions and hobbyhorses of its begetter just as, in one sense, logans. In the end the viewer comes out with a richer idea of the definitions of love. Any human heart by william boyd is not a book to read in one sitting. The intimate journals of logan mountstuart william boyd, author.

Any human heart fulldescription bestselling author william boydthe novelist who has been called a master storyteller chicago tribune and a gutsy writer who is good company to keep timehere gives us his most entertaining, sly, and compelling novel to date. Winner of many literary awards during a distinguished career, william boyd was shortlisted for the impac dublin award for any human heart. No one is better than william boyd at drawing the reader into a tale from the very first sentence. It is certainly entertaining and compulsive in its own way. Any human heart is a british drama television miniseries, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by william boyd. The intimate journals of logan mountstuart in 2004. Booktopia has any human heart, penguin essentials by william boyd. It covers the life of the fictional logan mountstuart, a marginal author and journalist from a wealthy family, whose life is woven around a tapestry of the culturally rich and famous in the twentieth century. William boyds novel any human heart is his disjointed autobiography, a. Any human heart is a moving, ambitious and richly conceived novel that embodies the heroics and follies of twentiethcentury life. Any human heart, a novel, purports to be the compendious collected diaries of the fictional mountstuart, and comes complete with little introductions by the author, footnotes and an index. Bestselling author william boydthe novelist who has been called a master storyteller chicago tribune and a gutsy writer who is good company to keep timehere gives us his most entertaining, sly, and compelling novel to date. Top nasa images solar system collection ames research center.

The intimate journals of logan mountstuart is a 2002 novel by william boyd, a british writer. Adobe epub ebook, overdrive read any human heart adobe epub ebook, overdrive read. Any human heart at its core is a fictionalized journal of a fictitious character, logan mountstuart. Buy a discounted paperback of any human heart online from australias leading online bookstore. His fascinating story is revealed through daily journal entries. An unforgettable comic chronicle of innocents abroad in the 1920s. Any human heart by william boyd books the guardian.

Quotation from henry james, used by boyd for the book s opening. Tom adams, book cover illustration for raymond chandler paperback series, 197577. William boyd, quote from any human heart they are all about romance, about lifes excitement and adventure and its essential sadness and transience. The book is the diary of a fictional writer logan mountstuart, and covers all parts of his. Softcover signed by the author, with two blemishes. Brazzaville beach, winner of the james tait black memorial prize. I think of any human heart often the sign of a truly great book.

Any human heart is an ambitious, allencompassing novel. At the same time, however, the tate references remind us that any human heart is a created work expressing the concerns, passions and hobbyhorses of its begetter. Any human heart is williams boyds classic, bestselling novel now a major channel 4 drama every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but logan mountstuarts lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century contains more than its fair share of both. Giles foden sifts the many selves of william boyd in any human heart, where the author turns his gaze inwards. Along the way he meets ernest hemingway, ian fleming and the duke and duchess of windsor the exiled british king and his mistress wallis simpson. Any human heart penguin essentials novels book search ebook book nerd psychological thrillers tom hiddleston amazon book store favorite books fiction books. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but logan mountstuarts lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century contains more than its fair share of both. Ridiculous sometimes yes, but it was also a classy and entertaining series and i actually think it did have heart.

It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character mountstuart, a writer whose life 19061991 spanned the defining episodes of the 20th century, crossed several continents and included a convoluted sequence of relationships and literary endeavours. Any human heart, penguin essentials by william boyd. Surely one of the most beguiling books of this season, this rich. The book s title comes from a sententious line of henry jamess never say you know the last word about any human heart, and the opening preamble announces that multiplicity is going to be an important theme.

Matthew macfadyen and haley atwell can be found gracing the cover of any human heart. This edition features beautiful cover artwork from the television series. The book is a fictitious autobiography if that is not a misnomer, narrating the life story of logan mountstuart from his upbringing in uruguay, through his time at oxford and on to his extraordinary adventures across the world. William boyds latest novel, any human heart, focuses on the life of logan mountstuart a writer, friend, lover and world traveler. The book is a beautifully written and compelling one.

The human heart in conflict with itself by pattiann rogers and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Its amazing how sudden the effect is it must be the result of a deep atavistic mating urge buried inside us. The intimate journals of logan mountstuart is a 2002 novel by william boyd. Book cover art, book cover design, book design, book art, american literature, classic literature, classic books, english library, american gothic.

Any human heart is one of the finest books i have ever read along with compton mackenzies sinister street. Any human heart takes up, with a very different character, a similar fictional task. Any human heart paperback license, january 6, 2004. The novel is the life story of an englishman named thick, dense, and sprawling. They savour everything both fine and bittersweet that life has to offer us a stoical in the hedonism. The washington post book world the introduction, discussion questions, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your groups reading of any human heart, the latest novel from the author of armadillo, the blue afternoon, and brazzaville beach. If you have read the new confessions how do the books differ. Much like his earlier novel the new confessions 1988, any human heart encompasses a considerable portion of the history and culture of the twentieth century in presenting the travails of its.

Logan takes a job as a war correspondent and is dispatched to cover the spanish civil war where he meets ernest. The book cover archive, for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design. A novelists life ricochets from 1920s paris to 50s new york and 80s london. Boyds book the new confessions is a fictional autobiography of a character whose life spanned much of the twentieth century. The 10 most iconic book covers of the past 100 years endpaper. The fact that the novel seeks to cover the whole of one individuals life, from school days through to old age. The book begins with a quotation from henry james, never say you know the last word about any human heart. I read somewhere that any human heart had poor viewing figures. About a year ago at the final booktopia, i sat in front of an audience in a room in petoskey, michigan discussing the many merits of any human heart by william boyd with simon savidge, and. If so, thats quite sad, because this series was excellent. It is not clear whether it was conceived originally as an extension of the spoof, or already had a life of its own, but the result is a distinctly odd book. Any human heart follows a trail of broken and breaking hearts, a story that covers three countries over almost a century. Readers at the guardian book club revealed a couple of william boyds authorial ticks as they discussed any human heart, says john mullan. My cover was less terrible because the photo was in black and white.