Anne Sebba

A life in pieces

In an unflinching memoir, George Szirtes describes his mother’s bitter despair on finding that all her family had perished

issue 23 February 2019

  • The Photographer at Sixteen: The Death and Life of a Fighter

    George Szirtes

    MacLehose Press, pp. 205

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