The book was written primarily in response to the 1995 death of Amis's father, the famed author Kingsley Amis, and was first published in 2000.
Receptionedit
Critical response to Amis's memoir was very warm. In aggregating reviews from the British press upon the book' publication, The Guardian found it received an average rating of 8 out of 10.[1] Globally, the work was received generally well, with Complete Review saying on the consensus: "Very positive, with many touched by the book. Complaints vary (the teeth, the arrogance, etc.), but by and large most were very impressed.".[2]
James Wood wrote in The Guardian: "Experience is a beautiful, and beautifully strange book, and it is unlike anything one expected." Terence Baker, in The Sunday Times, called it a "careful, heartfelt tribute". Jackie Wullschlager wrote in the Financial Times: "The core here is family, and it is movingly, beautifully, evoked... The raw materials – neurotic, outrageous genius of a father; gorgeous earth-mother Hilly; sophisticated step-mother Elizabeth Jane Howard; stunning girlfriends dropped along the way like a shattering string of pearls; an unknown daughter emerging at 18 – are unbeatable, and Amis makes of them a loving, perceptive, comic portrait."[3]
Awards and Listsedit
Experience was awarded the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. The book has appeared on some critics' lists after and during its time of release. According to The Greatest Books, a site that aggregates book lists, it is the "The 1257th greatest book of all time".[4]
experience, book, experience, book, memoirs, british, author, martin, amis, experienceauthormartin, amislanguageenglishgenrememoirpublication, date2000media, typeprint, hardback, paperback, contents, publication, history, reception, awards, lists, also, refere. Experience is a book of memoirs by the British author Martin Amis ExperienceAuthorMartin AmisLanguageEnglishGenreMemoirPublication date2000Media typePrint hardback paperback Contents 1 Publication history 2 Reception 3 Awards and Lists 4 See also 5 ReferencesPublication history editThe book was written primarily in response to the 1995 death of Amis s father the famed author Kingsley Amis and was first published in 2000 Reception editCritical response to Amis s memoir was very warm In aggregating reviews from the British press upon the book publication The Guardian found it received an average rating of 8 out of 10 1 Globally the work was received generally well with Complete Review saying on the consensus Very positive with many touched by the book Complaints vary the teeth the arrogance etc but by and large most were very impressed 2 James Wood wrote in The Guardian Experience is a beautiful and beautifully strange book and it is unlike anything one expected Terence Baker in The Sunday Times called it a careful heartfelt tribute Jackie Wullschlager wrote in the Financial Times The core here is family and it is movingly beautifully evoked The raw materials neurotic outrageous genius of a father gorgeous earth mother Hilly sophisticated step mother Elizabeth Jane Howard stunning girlfriends dropped along the way like a shattering string of pearls an unknown daughter emerging at 18 are unbeatable and Amis makes of them a loving perceptive comic portrait 3 Awards and Lists editExperience was awarded the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography The book has appeared on some critics lists after and during its time of release According to The Greatest Books a site that aggregates book lists it is the The 1257th greatest book of all time 4 See also editSally AmisReferences edit Article clipped from The Guardian Newspapers Retrieved 16 February 2024 Experience Complete Review 4 October 2023 Retrieved 4 October 2023 Moss Stephen 5 June 2000 Experience by Martin Amis The Guardian Retrieved 28 February 2011 Experience The Greatest Books 16 February 2024 Retrieved 16 February 2024 nbsp This article about a biographical book on writers or poets is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Experience book amp oldid 1214216000, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
