Mathew Lyons

An obituarist’s search for the soul

Snatches of memoir, poetry and observation from a writer whose main preoccupation is recording the lives of others

Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke – whom Ann Wroe cites as a major inspiration. [Alamy] 
issue 16 September 2023

  • Lifescapes: A Biographer’s Search for the Soul

    Ann Wroe

    Jonathan Cape, pp. 208, £18

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