- Published: 18 April 2016
- ISBN: 9780099573180
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $32.99
The Ancient Art of Growing Old
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- Published: 18 April 2016
- ISBN: 9780099573180
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- RRP: $32.99
Payne teases out advice on mental decline, medicine, late love affairs, death and legacy from the classical world and presents it in a witty and readable way
Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue
A meditative celebration and self-help book. It would make a wonderful gift for anyone hurtling, like me, towards 60
Sara Wheeler, Observer
A humorous guide to classical authors’ advice on the downhill catwalk of age
Sara Wheeler, Observer
As Britain gets ever greyer, this is not merely a witty and panoramic survey of old age in the classical world, but a timely one. The wisdom of the ancients indeed
TOM HOLLAND