· Overview. Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith's charming account of how the poet W. H. Auden has helped guide his life—and how he might guide yours too. When facing a moral dilemma, Isabel Dalhousie—Edinburgh philosopher, amateur detective, and title character of a series of novels by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith—often refers to the great twentieth-century poet Brand: Princeton University Press. W H Auden, who died 40 years ago this month, is one of the most humane, loving, direct and affecting poets of all time, writes Alexander McCall Smith. That unmistakable voice: grey, shambling and covered in ash, Auden the man found it was the effect of his words that mattered. He wrote a . McCall Smith shows how Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. An enchanting story about how art can help us live, this audiobook will appeal to McCall Smith's fans /5(92).
"Of all the volumes I've read about [Auden], and all the tributes paid, the most remarkable and in a sense the most lovable is a highly personal, page book by Alexander McCall Smith, What W. H. Auden Can Do For You."—-Robert Fulford, National Post "[A] charming, insightful, personal look at one of the 20th century's great poets.". Readers of Alexander McCall Smith may recall how Isabel Dalhousie, the heroine of his Sunday Philosophy Club series of novels, quotes Auden as she attends to moral conundrums, and in his new, slim book on Auden, McCall Smith gives us a taste of the philosophy behind Auden's work and rhapsodises over the poet's influence on his own life. Alexander McCall Smith has written and contributed to more than books, including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children's books. His non-fiction book about W. H. Auden is titled What W. H. Auden Can Do for You.
"Sheer delight in the written and spoken word beams forth from Alexander McCall Smith's overview of the life of the one of the greatest 20th century poets, the Anglo-American poet, W. H. Auden, and his work in What W.H. Auden Can Do for You. The fluency and vigor of McCall Smith's writing gives a strength and momentum to the text that encourages one to read the whole book through without pause. A beloved author waxes poetic on an unlikely muse: the poet W.H. Auden. McCall Smith shows how Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. An enchanting story about how art can help us live, this audiobook will appeal to McCall Smith's fans and anyone curious about Auden.
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