by Arnold Wesker (Author)
Mattie Beancourt, a 61- year-old woman, reads the autobiography of Mark Gorman, a famous painter. Having grown up in the same East End streets she writes to him. A correspondence develops.She visits him unannounced, and discovers he lives in near poverty and neglect. Her personality is sunny, his is curmudgeonly. Their impact upon each other is startling. - I was an appendage for him. Something stuck on, but not special. He didn't need me. There was never any real passion there. To live a whole life knowing you were not special for anyone - craving it - to be loved and special. Just once in my life, before I die -
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
Published: 31 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 1840029552
ISBN 13: 9781840029550