Among Others

Friendships and Encounters
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Among Others by Michael Frayn is a poignant memoir exploring the intricate dynamics within his family. The author delves into his father's life as a deaf man and his mother’s untimely death, unveiling how these moments profoundly shaped his own journey. Frayn eloquently intertwines memories, emotions, and reflections, offering a deeply personal insight into identity and family bonds.
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Among Others

A unique memoir of a lifetime's friendships - from one of Britain's most beloved literary companions.

A unique memoir of a lifetime's friendships - from one of Britain's most beloved literary companions.

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It's the other people around you, says Michael Frayn, who make you what you are. So he would like to say a brief word, looking back on life from his ninetieth year, about a few of the people who have formed his own particular world.

Some were friends; some not; some more than friends. Some have had a profound effect; some only a passing one. Some you may know yourself; some you certainly won't. Some he now wonders if he ever really knew himself. The last of his subjects in this selection, and the longest and closest acquaintance of all, is his own body, a companion on life's road at least as idiosyncratic and puzzling as everyone and everything around it.

Among Others is a patchwork memoir of a lifetime's encounters. Truthful and loving, sometimes elegiac, sometimes comic, it is a celebration of the endlessly intriguing otherness of others.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571378609

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 April 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 465g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. His novels include Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong, Spies and Skios. His seventeen plays range from Noises Off, recently chosen as one of the nation's three favourite plays, to Copenhagen, which won the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play of the Year and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.

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