I hated The Corrections and now Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Freedom is causing plenty of talk, even before it hits the shelves.
Will it be the same this time? Read all about it here.
Category Archives: Writers
New Kundera out
Women who write intellectual books seen as unnatural
The blogger is on holiday so this month’s newsletter will be a bit late.
See you all soon.
Favourite writer A.S. Byatt makes statement here
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On Passion by Dorothy Porter
Q&A with David Mitchell, Literary Platypus
Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Prize for The Lacuna
I write like…
Try this fun analysis of your writing and see who you write like.
Unfortunately I write like Dan Brown, big blow to my self-esteem…
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Christopher Hitchens etc
I found last night’s Jennifer Byrne Presents repulsively fascinating, the subject I mean. Never heard of Christopher Hitchens before but he was captivating in spite of the name dropping. She’s good in this kind of interview, one to one, not so good at the First Tuesday Bookclub format.
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Noting to envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick’s incisive look at daily life in North Korea, has won the $30,000 Samuel Johnson Prize, Britain’s most prestigious award for nonfiction books. The announcement was made Thursday in London.
This book is not what it seems (a love story). Although the writing is not wonderful the painstakingly assembled information about North Korea that it delivers makes it a good read. It’s hard to believe that people are living in those conditions when there’s absolutely no justification for it. For us in “the lucky country”, it’s a must read.
Read an excerpt here.
Listen to the author on The Bookshow
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