The honey of knowledge
This is from the first of a trilogy of memoirs by Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), whose life began in Tsarist Russia...
Uncle, who are you?
A delightful exchange between the boy György Faludy, and a friend, or at least acquaintance, of his grandfather's. I loved...
Remember, like it or not
Maxim Gorky's (1868-1936) childhood was scored with regular beatings, some life-threatening, by his grandfather. His resilience, emotional as much as...
Marcel and me – memories of childhood
I grew up with Marcel. That is the French author Pagnol (1895-1974) was a part of our domestic library and...
Out into the world
Maxim Gorky's childhood was a bed of harshness softened by rays of light and kindness, principally from his long-suffering grandmother. ...
A fog of hostility
Following the death of his father when he was a small boy, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) went with his mother to...
With curiosity and cheerfulness
How innocent this phrase, and yet, look at the context. Having left Hungary on the eve of the Second World...
Like a horse’s eye
A lively boy's eye view of travelling in a boat and looking through a porthole. Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) was a...
Brotherly bonding
Maxim Gorky had a brutally hard childhood, captured vividly in the first of his three memoirs. Among other losses, he...
Podcast review – Durrell’s Reflections on a Marine Venus
Listening time: 18 minutes. Â Enjoy our celebration of another 'bestellar', Lawrence Durrell's sun-washed memoir of two joyous years spent...
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