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Indlæser... Writers Talk: Conversations with Contemporary British Novelistsaf Philip Tew
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Writers Talk includes interviews with Kate Atkinson, Pat Barker, Jonathan Coe, Jim Crace, Toby Litt, Graham Swift, Matt Thorne, David Mitchell, AlanWarner, and Will Self. ""Is it a good time to be a writer in the time of The Da Vinci Code? It''s not necessarily good time to be a literary writer.""-Kate Atkinson ""The best novels allow us to rehearse the world ahead of us, to play out the battle before we fight it, to experience disaster before we encounter it, to practice grief before it flattens us. Narrative is useful. It confers advantages on us as a species."" -Jim Crace Why do writers No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.91409Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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The chapter for each writer includes the interview, some done face to face, some by email, some by a mixture of methods, then a critical summary of views of the writer, a bibliiography and some discussion questions.
It's accessible to the general reader but is clearly also set out as a textbook - the authors are academics and this may include a version of some of their teaching material.
I found most of the interviews quite interesting and in most cases wanted to read/reread the author's work. The critcal bits could be quite useful and I'm sure if I owned this book I'd use it for reference if I read anything by the writers concerned. Sadly it has to go back to the library.
At least one of the academics writes rather clunkily and awkwardly in places.
Definitely worth borrowing - this book is a little pricy for general readers. ( )