{"product_id":"on-late-style-9781350016804","title":"On Late Style","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA series of dazzling case studies exploring the idea of lateness in a range of composers, writers and artists'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGracefully unquiet, probing and wise ... Said''s own elegiac masterpiece of late style'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Said stands for - critical intelligence, high art and the preservation of the language - must be at the centre of our lives. This book is a fine monument to his life and work'' \u003c\/b\u003e- Hanif Kureishi\u003cb\u003eHis own late style, if it is acceptable to call it that, mixes an easy mastery of material with an unquenched desire to preserve difficulties'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Late Style\u003c\/i\u003e examines the work produced by great artists -Beethoven, Thomas Mann, Jean Genet among them - at the end of their lives. Said makes it clear that, rather than the resolution of a lifetime''s artistic endeavour, most of the late works discussed are rife with contradiction and almost impenetrab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaid's last book is a series of dazzling case studies exploring the  idea of lateness in a range of composers, writers and artists. * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eWhat Said stands for - critical intelligence, high art and the  preservation of the language - must be at the centre of our lives. This  book is a fine monument to his life and work * Hanif Kureishi *\u003cbr\u003eGracefully unquiet, probing and wise ... Said's own elegiac masterpiece of late style * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Mariam C. Said Introduction by Michael Wood  1. Timeliness and Lateness 2. Return to the Eighteenth Century 3. Cosìfan tutte at the Limits 4. On Jean Genet 5. A Lingering Old Order 6. The Virtuoso as Intellectual 7. Glimpses of Late Style  Notes Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019623596375,"sku":"9781350016804","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350016804.jpg?v=1750780817","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-late-style-9781350016804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}