The Other Half
Forty Men Reveal Life After Fifty
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Brandeis University Press
Publishing:27th Nov '26
£28.00
This title is due to be published on 27th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
An insightful and intimate look at aging and masculinity that includes interviews and portraits of men from around the world.
What do men really think? From a taxi driver to a prince, a fishmonger to a professional boxer, The Other Half reveals the inner thoughts of men over fifty from different nationalities and different walks of life in their own words, illuminated by their portraits. Author and photojournalist Ellen Warner traveled the world to find out what men really think about love, work, and aging, speaking with well-known figures like film director James Ivory and journalist Bill Keller, as well as a philosopher, a chess grandmaster, a hair stylist, a financier, and more. Interviewing men from Colombia, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, and everywhere in between, Warner assembles a moving portrait of their reflections, insights, challenges, and hard-won triumphs.
A companion to The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty, Warner’s latest book shares the diverse, vibrant experiences of men over fifty.
“Warner’s The Other Half is a soulful, probing work of portraiture and social history. It captures both what is unique and what is representative about her subjects, and her artfulness in drawing them out—men of vastly different cultures, classes, and walks of life—is one of her own greatest gifts. Portraiture is mostly a history of the “male gaze.” But here is the “female gaze” in all its empathy and power.”
-- Judith Thurman, New Yorker staff writer“It need not be downhill from fifty. Warner’s The Other Half is a wonderfully instructive and entertaining book, highlighting as it does a very diverse group of men, from a taxi driver to a renowned film director, who have found satisfaction, fulfillment and happiness in the second half of their life, and here share their experience in making the years over fifty the best and most productive of their life.”
-- Michael Korda, author of "Muse of Fire"“Author Ellen Warner traveled the world asking men from vastly different backgrounds the simple question: What does life look like after 50? . . . Their candid reflections challenge stereotypes about masculinity, aging, and success, and photojournalist Warner’s portraits bring the interviews to life.”
* Our ToISBN: 9781684583256
Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm x 28mm
Weight: 966g
200 pages