Book of Other People, The

Type

Book

Authors

Zadie Smith

ISBN 10

0141029323

ISBN 13

9780141029320

Tags

english, anglais, fiction, contemporary, con-temporaire

Abstract

The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight and realism if such a thing exists is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples.
Some of the writers featured in The Book of Other People include:
*Aleksandar Hemon
*Nick Hornby
*Hari Kunzru
*Toby Litt
*David Mitchell
*George Saunders
*Colm Tóibín
*Chris Ware

Description

Compétences : Lire Débutant complet : non
Thèmes : Culture et civilisation
Descriptif : roman

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