| Hell and Back: Reflections on Writers and Writing from Dante to Rushdie Contributor(s): Parks, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611458846 ISBN-13: 9781611458848 Publisher: Arcade Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.80 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this brilliant collection of essays, Tim Parks, a celebrated novelist and master of the essay form, offers a wide range of wonderfully challenging and always provocative reflections on literature and the art of writing. Parks turns his attention to classic authors such as Dante, Leopardi, Borges, Beckett, and Christina Stead; contemporary writers including Vikram Seth and Salman Rushdie; and the late W. G. Sebald and Jos Saramago, along with a dozen others. The lead essay on Dante sets the tone for the entire collection: erudite, contemplative, witty, and meticulous, it constantly offers new insights into The Inferno, that most celebrated of all poems. In Hell and Back, Tim Parks reminds us just how exciting the essay form can be. |