Conversations with Biographical Novelists
Truthful Fictions across the Globe
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Historical
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781501341472 | |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | October 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781501341472 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | October 18, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Language: | English |
How does a writer approach a novel about a real person?
In this new collection of interviews, authors such as Emma Donoghue, David Ebershoff, David Lodge, Colum McCann, Colm Tóibín, and Olga Tokarczuk sit down with literary scholars to discuss the relationship of history, truth, and fiction. Taken together, these conversations clarify how the biographical novel encourages cross-cultural dialogue, promotes new ways of thinking about history, politics, and social justice, and allows us to journey into the interior world of influential and remarkable people.
How does a writer approach a novel about a real person?
In this new collection of interviews, authors such as Emma Donoghue, David Ebershoff, David Lodge, Colum McCann, Colm Tóibín, and Olga Tokarczuk sit down with literary scholars to discuss the relationship of history, truth, and fiction. Taken together, these conversations clarify how the biographical novel encourages cross-cultural dialogue, promotes new ways of thinking about history, politics, and social justice, and allows us to journey into the interior world of influential and remarkable people.
