Gerald Finzi

The Finzi that emerges from this critically-acclaimed biography is a multi-faceted and complex character. The author shows how he developed from a solitary introverted youth into a man with strong views and a myriad of interests: everything from education pacifism vegetarianism to the Arts and Crafts movement the English pastoral tradition English apple varieties and the significance of ancestry friendship and marriage in an artist's life. She also discusses every work within the narrative of Finzi's life and shows what makes his output so outstanding.