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A fierce polemic on the state of British and American writing in the 20th century, this text reflects on Melville, Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. Also examined are DeLillo, Amis and Jeanette Winterson, as James Wood argues for an ideal of fiction.
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"Wood is not just a keen critic, our best, but a superb writer" (Adam Begley Financial Times)
"A close reader of genius... Illuminating and exciting and compelling... one never doubts the soundness of his judgements... There is wonderful writing throughout this collection, by turns luscious and muscular, committed and disdaining, passionate and minutely considered" (John Banville Irish Times)
"He is one of literature's true lovers, and his deeply felt, contentious essays are thrilling in their reach and moral seriousness" (Susan Sontag)
"Magnificent... Like all good critics, he is a story-teller of the art of reading, recreating the experience on the page for us" (Evening Standard Francis Spufford)
"We have very few critics who can vie with Jarrell and Toynbee, who can remind us that talking about literature is a part of what literature is about, and talking about it with passion, precision, and out of a rich store of reading is a rare and precious gift: it is good for all of us that James Wood has it and we have James Wood" (Gabriel Josipovici Times Literary Supplement)
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'James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true, he is our best critic, he thinks with a sublime ferocity' - Cynthia Ozick.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0224052942
- ISBN 13 9780224052948
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
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