Anthony Burgess on autobiography, work and life

Title

Anthony Burgess on autobiography, work and life

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:40:26

Description

Journalist and broadcaster Michael Parkinson interviews special guest author Anthony Burgess about the second volume of his autobiography entitled You Had Your Time and the alcoholic dependancy of his first wife that caused her death. They also discuss his work, books, music composition, the unconcious mind and growing old.

Contributors

Anthony Burgess; Michael Parkinson

Keywords

Manchester; Alcoholism; Creative writing; Autobiographies; Army; Anthony Burgess; A Clockwork Orange; You Had Your Time; Colloquial language; Lynne Jones; Russian (language); Liver cirrhosis; Composition (artistic arrangement)

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