David Lodge

Lives in Writing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 696584
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780099587767
• ISBN-10: 0099587769
• Artikelnr.: 41468051

Autorenporträt

David Lodge (CBE)'s novels include Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work (shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts. He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Rezensionen

Lodge is a clear, sceptical writer, wise about things and a careful reader and in general kind even to people who plainly irritate him Sam Leith Spectator