One of Britain's outstanding novelists, Tim Parks is also a provocative, entertaining and accomplished essayist. This new collection's title is drawn from D. H. Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterised by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict.Elsewhere there are literary essays on tension and conflict in the work of Beckett or Hardy, Bernhard and Dostoevsky, amongs others. Parks is also known for his acerbic chronicles of Italian life and here are essays on Mussolini, Machiavelli and the Medici.Besides discussing questions of history, politics and literature, The Fighter also takes on that most serious tussle: World Cup football.
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One of Britain's outstanding novelists, Tim Parks is also a provocative, entertaining and accomplished essayist.
An impressively cogent book... For a writer so fascinated by conflict, Parks is a model of critical reason and clarity
An englightening, elegant and wonderfully varied collection of essays from one of Britain's outstanding novelists.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099513322
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
210 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter