Conversations with Biographical Novelists: Truthful Fictions Across the Globe

Conversations with Biographical Novelists: Truthful Fictions Across the Globe
ISBN-10
1501341456
ISBN-13
9781501341458
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
2018-10-18
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Author
Michael Lackey

Description

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.

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