Stranger And Brother: A Portrait Of C. P. Snow
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A richly intimate biographical portrait, Stranger and Brother: A Portrait of C.P. Snow chronicles the life and legacy of the celebrated British novelist and scientist C.P. Snow through the uniquely personal lens of his younger brother, Philip Snow. Drawing on decades of close observation and shared family history, the memoir presents a candid and affectionate account of Snow's intellectual development, his rise to literary prominence, and his influential role in the famous Two Cultures debate that reshaped mid-twentieth-century thinking about science and the humanities. Philip Snow illustrates the private man behind the public figure — his ambitions, relationships, and contradictions — with a warmth and authority that no outside biographer could replicate. The result is an indispensable companion to C.P. Snow's own work, offering readers a nuanced and deeply human portrait of one of Britain's most significant postwar literary and cultural voices.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly intimate biographical portrait, Stranger and Brother: A Portrait of C.P. Snow chronicles the life and legacy of the celebrated British novelist and scientist C.P. Snow through the uniquely personal lens of his younger brother, Philip Snow. Drawing on decades of close observation and shared family history, the memoir presents a candid and affectionate account of Snow's intellectual development, his rise to literary prominence, and his influential role in the famous Two Cultures debate that reshaped mid-twentieth-century thinking about science and the humanities. Philip Snow illustrates the private man behind the public figure — his ambitions, relationships, and contradictions — with a warmth and authority that no outside biographer could replicate. The result is an indispensable companion to C.P. Snow's own work, offering readers a nuanced and deeply human portrait of one of Britain's most significant postwar literary and cultural voices.
