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Hell and Back: Reflections on Writers and Writing from Dante to Rushdie
In this brilliant collection of essays, Tim Parks, a celebrated novelist and master of the essay form, offers a wide range of wonderfully challenging and always provocative reflections on literature and the art of writing. Parks turns his attention to classic authors such as Dante, Leopardi, Borges, Beckett, and Christina Stead; contemporary writers including Vikram Seth and Salman Rushdie; and the late W. G. Sebald and José Saramago, along with a dozen others. The lead essay on Dante sets the tone for the entire collection: erudite, contemplative, witty, and meticulous, it constantly offers new insights into The Inferno, that most celebrated of all poems. In Hell and Back, Tim Parks reminds us just how exciting the essay form can be.
Book Details
- Publisher: Arcade Publishing
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2013
- Pages: 360
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.50in - 1.10in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9781611458848
- Categories: • Books & Reading• Essays• Comparative Literature
About the Author
Parks, Tim: - Tim Parks is the author of more than twenty novels and works of nonfiction. His novels include Europa, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent work of nonfiction is Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo. His essays have appeared regularly in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, for which he blogs. He lives in Milan, Italy.
Praise for this book
"[Tim Parks is] one of the most gifted writers of his generation." --Jonathan Yardley
"Intriguing . . . erudite . . . Parks rewardingly finds himself returning often to the role of politics in art."
"Parks is in his element. . . . It's a pleasure to read his pith-and-vinegar summaries of these authors' lives. One can't wait to go out and buy or reread the books he praises."
[Tim Parks is] one of the most gifted writers of his generation. --Jonathan Yardley
Intriguing . . . erudite . . . Parks rewardingly finds himself returning often to the role of politics in art.
Parks is in his element. . . . It's a pleasure to read his pith-and-vinegar summaries of these authors' lives. One can't wait to go out and buy or reread the books he praises.
Parks is in his element. . . . It s a pleasure to read his pith-and-vinegar summaries of these authors lives. One can t wait to go out and buy or reread the books he praises.