Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie - Publishers Weekly (review date 24 April 1978)
Publishers Weekly (review date 24 April 1978)
SOURCE: Review of The Other Half: A Self Portrait, by Kenneth Clark. Publishers Weekly 213 (24 April 1978): 75.
[In the following review, the critic declares the second volume of Clark's autobiographical series, The Other Half: A Self Portrait, to be delightful and captivating.]
This sequel [The Other Half: A Self Portrait] to the first volume of Clark's autobiography, Another Part of the Wood, begins with 36-year-old Clark evacuating the National Gallery's paintings under threat of Nazi air raids. It ends with Clark still a dynamo at 72. The 36-year interval makes for a delightful and captivating portrait of a full, varied life, rich in adventure, wit, anecdote, unflagging high spirits and keen observation. As in the first volume, Clark eschews self-analysis and introspection, but any trace of Edwardian stiffness is gone. He candidly recalls his career as...
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