A Writer's Notebook

by Anthony Powell

"Title for Oxford Anglo-Catholic Novel: Incense and Insensibility."

Anthony Powell's writer's notebook, composed over forty years, is wonderfully witty and a fascinating insight into the workings of a writer's mind as he records observations, opinions, aphorisms, ideas for books and book titles. It affords a remarkable take on the genesis of the work of a great English novelist.

Genres: Writing

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

People best know British writer Anthony Dymoke Powell for A Dance to the Music of Time , a cycle of 12 satirical novels from 1951 to 1975.

This Englishman published his volumes of work. Television and radio dramatizations subjected major work of Powell in print continuously. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "the fifty greatest British writers since 1945."

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Reviews

[David]

I love seeing the writer's mind at work, recognizing bits and pieces of ideas, some of which appear in the finished books in their entirety, some as fragments, and some not at all. I am always tempted, upon reading the unused fragments, to try a sort of fan-fiction continuation. I lie down until the stupid urge passes. It's passing very slowly this year.

[Pip · Rating 4 out of 5]

This notebook is a fascinating insight intothe ideas and quotations which caught Powell's fancy over the years.

[Anne Marshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well worth reading, especially for writers.