Conversations with Biographical Novelists - Truthful Fictions across the Globe - Bok - Inbunden
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 enable readers to explore how these issues are negotiated in contemporary world literature.Taken together, these conversations clarify how the biographical novel encourages..