On Christmas
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Notting Hill Editions
Published:1st Nov '17
Should be back in stock very soon
Perfect Christmas gift. An unusual and varied anthology containing both classic and contemporary writers on Christmas. High-profile Introduction writer Gyles Brandreth with popular appeal.
A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries - with joy, nostalgia and dazzling wit.A seasonal anthology of Christmas-themed writings to savour during the highs and lows of Christmas Day. This delightful book offers a diverse array of classic and contemporary writers who have expressed their thoughts about Christmas over the centuries - with joy, nostalgia and dazzling wit. Includes selections from Dostoevsky, Truman Capote, A.A. Milne, Jerome K Jerome, and modern day diarists, this beautiful volume is as full of delight and nostalgia as Christmas itself.
“One of the best stocking-filler books of 2017.”
"This compact little book, handsomely produced, includes some enterprising choices, ranging from the Koran to Ali Smith, and concluding with an essay by P.G. Wodehouse, 'Just What I Wanted,' that was published in Vanity Fair in 1915 but remains perfectly apposite today.”
* Evening Standard *"On Christmas, a Notting Hill anthology of yuletide essays from contributors as varied as Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, and Anton Chekhov, has a crimson binding vivid enough to toast the retinas like holiday chestnuts. This is obviously a publisher that likes to have fun.”
-- Danny Heitman * The Weekly Standard *“On Christmas: A Seasonal Anthology offers something for everyone...packing in a range of old and new voices, motley viewpoints and diverse modes of writing...this charming little book hits the spot."
-- Malcolm Forbes * Star Tribune *"A perfect stocking stuffer for readers is this slim, hardback anthology of superb stories of and about Christmas...it's certain to please any lover of great literature."
-- Bayou Catholic MonISBN: 9781910749685
Dimensions: 190mm x 120mm x 15mm
Weight: 222g
192 pages