Tag: Will Self

by M. Bijman October 30, 2019

How writers and reviewers connect, and how to avoid a war of words

A recent comment from an author on one of my book reviews got me thinking. I was pleased at theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman October 6, 2017

Authors to watch Current events Discussion of current events Trending

Author of The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

I know a good thing when I read it! Yesterday, 5 Oct. 2017, the British author Kazuo Ishiguro was named thisContinue Reading

by M. Bijman March 2, 2014

Review of new book Review of new novel Review of novel

Umbrella, by Will Self – Writing as avant-garde Jazz

(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012) You have to be determined to finish Umbrella. It’s 379 pages of text with no line breaks.Continue Reading

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