Writers talk : conversations with contemporary British novelists / / edited by Philip Tew, Fiona Tolan and Leigh Wilson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786919303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2008]; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4411-5517-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.91409
• Soggetti: Novelists, English - 20th century; Novelists, English - 20th century - Attitudes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Kate Atkinson; Pat Barker; Jonathan Coe; Jim Crace; Toby Litt; David Mitchell; Will Self; Graham Swift; Matt Thorne; Alan Warner; Glossary; About the Editors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: 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