When I Was Old

Georges Simenon

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Penguin
29 February 2016

Biography; Memoirs

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

'For personal reasons, or for reasons I don't know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks. I was nearing the age of sixty'

Georges Simenon's autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and 'all the silly ideas that pass through my head', are one of the most candid self-portraits of a writer ever put to paper. Here, as the celebrated author ruthlessly examines his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the result is an unsparing, often painfully revealing insight into a man trying both to find and to escape himself.

By: Georges Simenon
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 314g
ISBN: 9780241213131
ISBN 10: 0241213134
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 29 February 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.

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One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside. The Guardian (London) I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov. William Faulkner A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness. The Independent (London) A truly wonderful writer . . . marvellously readable lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the work he creates. Muriel Spark

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