9780375727160 - The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 by Amis, Martin (13 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more."[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache. Speaks not just to a lifetime of reading but also to a fascination with individual writers." The New York TimesHere, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. Above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly clichesnot only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart.He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches. Is there "anything that Martin Amis can't write about? In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection he takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and "Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton. But above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches-not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart. In The War Against Cliche," Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Softcover. Condition: New. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more."[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache. Speaks not just to a lifetime of reading but also to a fascination with individual writers." -The New York TimesHere, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. Above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches-not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart.He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Is there anything that Martin Amis can't write about In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection he takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton. But above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches-not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart. In The War Against Cliché, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. MARTIN AMIS is the author of 15 novels&mdashamong them Zone of Interest, London Fields, Time&rsquos Arrow, The Information, and Night Train&mdashalong with&#160the memoir Experience, the novelized self-portrait Inside Stor.