David Storey (Author of Saville)

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David Storey

Born

in Wakefield, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

July 13, 1933

Died

March 27, 2017

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Drama

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David Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player. Storey was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1933, and studied at the Slade School of Art.

His first two novels were both published in 1960, a few months apart: This Sporting Life, which won the Macmillan Fiction Award and was adapted for an award-winning 1963 film, and Flight Into Camden, which won the Somerset Maugham Award. His next novel, Radcliffe (1963) met with widespread critical acclaim in both England and the United States, and during the 1960s and 70s, Storey became widely known for his plays, several of which achieved great success.

He returned to fiction in 1972 with Pasmore, which won the Geoffrey Faber Mem ...more

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	Saville 3.53 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Sporting Life 3.59 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1960 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pasmore 3.52 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1972 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radcliffe 3.29 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1963 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight Into Camden 3.31 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1961 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home 2.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1971 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stinging Delight: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Changing Room 2.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1972 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Celebration: A Full-Length Play 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Serious Man 3.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Though what I have in mind鈥�, he said, 鈥榠s something far different. I thought if we listened to the music you could write down whatever you felt.鈥� He turned on the gramophone.”
― David Storey, Saville

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“won literary prizes of some note, twice being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for instance, and once winning it outright (Saville). Their styles of presentation might be described as 鈥榚lemental鈥�: in the case of Radcliffe,”
― David Storey, Saville

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“His life had been fragmented into a third and final part. First there鈥檇 been his life in the village, then his life at the school; now there was a more formidable portion of his existence which he鈥檇 never, consciously, been aware of before, a self-absorption which took him away from the other two.”
― David Storey, Saville

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