| Christopher Priest: The Glamour - Thu, 10 May 2012 08:00:55 +0000 |
Christopher Priest landed in the literary spotlight recently when he had a go at the judges of this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, and some of the shortlisted books, including those by China Miéville (“he does not work hard enough”), Charles Stross (“[an] appalling and incapable piece of juvenile work”) and Greg Bear (“The important [...] |
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| David Park: The Light of Amsterdam - Thu, 03 May 2012 08:00:08 +0000 |
I’ve praised other novels by David Park on this blog. Here is my review of his latest, The Light of Amsterdam, in the Independent. |
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| Bruno Jasieński: I Burn Paris - Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:29 +0000 |
Bruno Jasieński (real name Wiktor Zysman) was born in Klimontów, Poland, in 1901. By his late teens, he had become active in the Polish avant-garde, creating a Futurist group and arguing for anti-elitism in art; by the age of 22 he had declared Futurism dead. To avoid persecution for his Communist campaigning, he moved to [...] |
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