Enough: Scenes from Childhood

Stephen Hough's memoir, Enough, is a captivating and moving story of his unconventional coming-of-age journey. It has received widespread acclaim from critics, who praise its vivid and touching writing, as well as its humor and heartfelt moments. Hough's memoir recounts his journey from an unmusical home in Cheshire to the main stage of the Carnegie Hall in New York at the age of twenty-one. He writes with an Alan Bennett-like eye and ear for the sights and sounds of childhood, and his memoir is described as audacious, harrowing, joyous, moving, and funny. Critics have praised its brilliant ear for language, rhythm, and silence, and its endearing humor and lyrical writing. Overall, Enough is a rare and exceptional memoir that has left readers eagerly anticipating a second volume.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber

"Wonderfully vivid and touching." - Literary Review "Warm, wise, and unflinching." - Sunday Times "Witty and heartfelt." - Financial Times Stephen Hough is a world-renowned pianist who has achieved global acclaim and numerous awards. His memoir, Enough, recounts his unconventional coming-of-age story, from his beginnings in an unmusical home in Cheshire to the main stage of the Carnegie Hall in New York at the age of twenty-one. Hough's writing is vivid and evocative, with an almost Alan Bennett-like eye and ear for the sights and sounds of childhood. Dan Cairns of the Sunday Times describes the memoir as "audacious, harrowing, joyous, moving, and funny." Hough's writing is praised for its brilliant ear for language, rhythm, and silence. Harriet Smith of Gramophone calls him an "endearingly humorous, entrancingly lyrical writer." Peter Conrad of the Observer describes the memoir as "an endearingly humorous, entrancingly lyrical writer." Most memoirs give me far more than I want to know, but this is the rare sort that left me urgently demanding a second volume, a third, and a fourth. Philip Pullman describes the memoir as "Wonderfully vivid and touching." "Warm, wise, and unflinching." "Witty and heartfelt."

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571362905
Edition number: Main