Love is Where It Falls: An Account of Passionate Friendship
London: Nick Hern Books, 1999. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #008988
SIGNED by author to title page. B&W pictorial paper boards. 214 pp. Black rubbing to front board. Bookplate to front pastedown and former ink inscription to title page. Dust jacket is lightly sunned to spine, small stain to top edge of rear cover. When Simon Callow first met Peggy Ramsey he could hardly have suspected that his encounter with the near-legendary play agent would blossom into passionate love. There was the age difference, for one thing: Callow was barely 30, Peggy was in her 70s. And then there was the matter of Aziz, the handsome but mercurial Egyptian with whom Callow was already deeply in love...For the next eleven years, under Peggy's adoring tutelage of the mind and heart that can have few equals. Peggy imbued him with a philosophy of life and love - and with her conviction of the pre-eminence of art. In this extraordinarly revealing memoir, Simon Callow tells the story of their all-consuming absorption in each other, quoting freely from their passionately unbridled letters. This unforgettable love story is by turns moving, inspiring, funny, and heartbreaking. It is also a courageously intimate tribute to a remarkable woman.
Price: $45.00