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The writer David Plante has kept a diary of his life among the artistic elite for over half a century. It is an extraordinary document, both deeply personal and a rare window onto disappearing worlds. This second volume of memoir/diaries (following on from ‘Becoming a Londoner’) spans the 1980s, a period of exploration and growth for David Plante and his lover Nikos Stangos, whose partnership endured for 40 years.
David Plante and Nikos Stangos first made a life together in London in the mid-sixties, when as newcomers they were introduced by Stephen Spender to his circle, connections criss-crossing, dazzlingly, through the air of their adopted city, interconnecting so many admired figures. Now navigating worlds beyond London - from a house-share with Germaine Greer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to a trip to Jerusalem with Philip Roth; from the loss of parents to the growing spectre of AIDS; and in New York, Umbria, Lucca, the Aegean and rural Ireland - these are stories of expanding horizons and of a deepening and developing love: the challenges of monogamy, the strains of separation, of a growing maturity and awareness - and of what it is to belong.
''Worlds Apart'' is a poignant, moving portrait of a relationship and a luminous evocation of a world of writers, poets, artists and thinkers.
Paperback, 359 Pages, Orig. Published 2015, This Edition Publ. August 2016
Author: David Plante