The End of the End of the Earth
A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections
Literary studies: from c 2000
Interpreter of Maladies
‘One of the finest short story writers I’ve ever read’ Amy Tan
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARDWINNER OF THE NEW YORKER PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK
South and West: From A Notebook: Unabridged edition
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer.
South and West: From A Notebook
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer.
Charlotte Mew: and Her Friends
Penelope Fitzgerald’s fascinating portrait of the tragic poet and her life at the heart of the Bloomsbury set.
The Nineties: When Surface was Depth
the first clear anatomy of a confused decade, the 1990s – ‘Bracewell, with great verve and style, animates the cultural conversation’, Greil Marcus
Farther Away
The new book of articles and opinion from Jonathan Franzen, author of ‘Freedom’ and ‘The Corrections’.
Extreme Metaphors
A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J.G. Ballard’s greatest interviews.
One on One
101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, each 1,001 words long, and with a time span stretching from the 19th century to the 21st.
Memories of Milligan
An arresting collection of interviews, collated by Norma Farnes, Spike Milligan’s close friend and longstanding agent, bringing to life the late, great Milligan in all his various guises.
Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters
Wilde the writer is known to us from his plays and prose fiction, but apparently it was in his conversation that his genius reached its summit. His talk is lost and his autobiography was never written, but his letters reveal him at his spontaneous, sparkling best.