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1914-goodbye to All That: Writers on the Conflict Between Life and Art
Smith, Ali, Steger, Ales, Winterson, Jeanette, Shafak, Elif, Bulawayo, Noviolet, Toibin, Colm, Guo, Xiaolu, Mortier, Erwin, Baricco, Alessandro, Shams
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; DNF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world. In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives. 1914-Goodbye to All That borrows its title from Robert Graves's "bitter leave-taking of England" in which he writes not only of the First World War but the questions it raised: how to live, how to live with each other, and how to write. Interpreting this title as broadly and ambiguously as Graves intended, these essays mark ... Read more
A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world. In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives. 1914-Goodbye to All That borrows its title from Robert Graves's "bitter leave-taking of England" in which he writes not only of the First World War but the questions it raised: how to live, how to live with each other, and how to write. Interpreting this title as broadly and ambiguously as Graves intended, these essays mark ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782271185
SKU
V9781782271185
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About Smith, Ali, Steger, Ales, Winterson, Jeanette, Shafak, Elif, Bulawayo, Noviolet, Toibin, Colm, Guo, Xiaolu, Mortier, Erwin, Baricco, Alessandro, Shams
Lavinia Greenlaw's poetry includes The Casual Perfect and A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde. Other works include The Importance of Music to Girls and Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland. She was the first artist-in-residence at the Science Museum, and received the Ted Hughes Award for her sound work Audio Obscura. Her work for BBC radio includes documentaries about ... Read more
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Tender, compassionate humanity
Peter Conrad
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Peter Conrad
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